A Turkish court docket has sentenced the previous chief of the pro-Kurdish HDP occasion, Selahattin Demirtas, to 42 years in jail, in accordance with media reviews yesterday.
Demirtas, who has been in jail since 2016, was accused of, amongst different issues, his alleged position in violent protests in 2014 in opposition to the siege of the northern Syrian metropolis of Kobane by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist militia. Former HDP co-chairman Figen Yüksekdag was sentenced to 30 years and three months in jail.
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Demirtas, 51, was charged with 47 expenses, together with violating state unity and territorial integrity and inciting a criminal offense. The European Courtroom of Human Rights (ECHR) has criticized the previous proceedings and demanded Demirtas’ launch. A complete of 108 individuals have been accused within the trial, solely a few of whom have been acquitted.
The MPs launched portraits of Demirtas and Yüksekdag throughout yesterday’s parliamentary session to protest in opposition to the decision. In the meantime, Münir Karaloglu, the governor of Diyarbakir, imposed a four-day ban on demonstrations within the Kurdish-majority province within the southeast of the nation.