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15-Year-Old Ö.S. Released after 14 Months in Detention

15-Year-Old Ö.S. Released after 14 Months in Detention

14-year-old Ö.S. was released pending trial after 14.5 months in detention. His indictment was prepared after 13 months. Ö.S. stood accused of "membership of a terrorist organization". At the third hearing he was sentenced to imprisonment of almost five years.

11 October 2011 Ekin Karaca

15-Year-Old Detained for 14 Months - No End in Sight

15-Year-Old Detained for 14 Months - No End in Sight

The Erzurum Juvenile Court decided to keep 15-year-old Ö.S. in prison because "evidence has not been collected" yet after the juvenile has been detained for 14 months already.

7 September 2011 Ekin Karaca

14-Year-Old Detained for 10 Months - Lawyer on Hunger Strike

14-Year-Old Detained for 10 Months - Lawyer on Hunger Strike

14-year-old Ö.S. has been detained for ten months under suspicion of "membership in a terrorist organization". Ö.S. is reported to have been exposed to maltreatment. His lawyer started a symbolic hunger strike of one day to draw attention to the situation.

18 April 2011 Ekin Karaca