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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.

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.