Turkey New Turkish law to spur dismissal of 567 cases at the ECtHR

12 Aug 2010 |

’Today’s Zaman’ reports that Justice Minister announced that the Counter-terrorism Law has been amended to allow children, who attended illegal meetings to be heard in special juvenile tribunals, and not charged with terrorism. As a result hundreds of children who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms will be now released and their appeals to the European Court of Human Rights may be dropped.

Source : Today's Zaman