Turkey has become the country with the most number of convictions at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) related to a violation of freedom of expression and thought with 40 convictions in 2018 only. Furthermore, Turkey received convictions on the violation of the right to meeting and demonstration in 11 files. Turkey violated at least one article of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a total of 140 files last year; becoming the second most convicted country after Russia. Turkey has the most number of convictions in the history of ECHR (1959-2018) with 3,128 decrees of violation.
16.07.2019
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