September 17, 2019
In response to a parliamentary question of Mr Sezgin Tanrikulu, the Turkish Ministry of Justice announced the number of lawyers held in prison by years. According to the Ministry of Justice the number of lawyers remanded in pretrial detention by years as following: 354, 487, 169 and 143, respectively in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Lawyers who were released after a certain time of pretrial detention will return to prison if their pending appeals dismissed.
Report: There still 143 lawyers in Turkish prisons
Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism Provision by Turkey is steadily increasing
https://ahvalnews.com/arrested-lawyers/turkey-has-sentenced-321-lawyers-2000-years-jail-2016-report
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/10/turkey-mass-prosecution-lawyers
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkeyex-top-judiciary-official-gets-15-year-jail-term/1586483
http://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/bylock-kullanan-avukata-hapis-6041404 (TURKCE)
Tagged: Arrested Lawyers, Human Rights Watch, Lawyers for Lawyers, Syria, Turkey
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