content tagged with right to personal liberty and security

Turkey’s top court finds journalist Cemil Uğur’s arrest for reporting on torture unlawful

Turkey’s top court finds journalist Cemil Uğur’s arrest for reporting on torture unlawful

The Constitutional Court has concluded that “the right to personal liberty and security” of journalist Cemil Uğur has been violated. The journalist spent six months in pre-trial detention after reporting on torture in Turkey’s Van province.

8 February 2022

Non-pecuniary damages for unlawful house arrest

Non-pecuniary damages for unlawful house arrest

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the ruling of house arrest given “without concrete evidence and the fulfilment of conditions for imposing judicial control measures” violated the applicant’s right to personal liberty and security.

30 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez