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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled the right of journalist Ahmet Şık, who was imprisoned for almost 400 days for propaganda for a terrorist organization while he was a reporter for the Cumhuriyet newspaper. The court ruled that the Turkish government had violated article 5 of the Human Rights Convention (ECHR) that regulated the rights of freedom and security and article 10 that regulated freedom of expression and ordered the journalist Şık to pay 16,000 euros in concept of moral damages.
The ECtHR stated that, after the 4-year trial process, it was determined that there was “no suspicion or justification” in the detention of Ahmet Şık for 13 months and 7 days for allegedly propaganda for the FETÖ / PYD and DHKP organizations -C.
According to the VOA Turkish report, the court ruled that Şık’s arrest on charges of terrorist propaganda, despite the fact that he was a journalist, was not based on any suspicion or justified evidence, thus violating Article 5/1 of the ECHR. , which regulates the “quick decision on the legality of the detention.”
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