{"id":1229,"date":"2015-01-22T12:02:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T12:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2015-01-22T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T12:02:38","slug":"eren-keskin-sentenced-to-10-months-due-to-article-301","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covcasbulletin.info\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Eren Keskin Sentenced to 10 Months Due to Article 301"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIA News Desk<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Human<\/a>
Human rights advocate Eren Keskin was sentenced to 10 months of prison due to Article 301, a Turkish Penal Code article on \u201cinsulting Turkey and Turkishness\u201d that was previously considered as \u201cviolation\u201d by ECHR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00c7erkezk\u00f6y 1st Assize Court convicted human rights advocate Eren Keskin to 10 months of prison due to Article 301 when she said \u201cThe [Turkish] state has the brutal mentality to massacre a 12 year old child. Turkey must account\u2026Turkey\u2019s history is dirty\u201d, referring to the death of U\u011fur Kaymaz in the southeastern province of Mardin.<\/p>\n

On November 4, 2011, Justice Ministry allowed an investigation into Eren Keskin who testified in June 2014.<\/p>\n

Similar sentences have been issued on hundreds of human rights activists, journalists and intellectuals in Turkey including Hrant Dink.<\/p>\n

\nPrison if approved<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the case was initially launched in December 19, 2011m it was concluded on December 12, 2014.<\/p>\n

According to Radikal newspaper, the court didn\u2019t suspend the announcement of verdict or its suspension or commuting into a fine, due to the \u201cconviction about Keskin\u2019s previous acts and her determination to repeat the crime again\u201d. Convicted of Article 301 after a long time in Turkey, she will face prison if it is approved by Court of Cessation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody can insult states, institutions and person in the name thoughts,\u201d the verdict said.<\/p>\n

It was also added that the sentence was not issued on the lower limit considering \u201cthe defendant\u2019s aims and intensity of her purpose\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cSentence was issued on the basis of revenge\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claiming that she had no criminal record, Keskin said that the sentence was issued on the basis of revenge\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe term \u2018determination to repeat the crime again\u2019 is used for severe criminal cases. I am a human rights activist, I am an advocate. I was always tried due to my thoughts. The issuing of this sentence is meaningful after the government\u2019s claims of \u2018nobody is serving in prison for their thought\u2019. Therefore, there is nothing new in Turkey,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\nDemirer\u2019s efforts for suspension<\/strong><\/p>\n

Journalist-writer Temel Demirer was also tried for saying \u201cHrant Dink wasn\u2019t killed for being an Armenian but for recognizing the [Armenian] genocide under Article 301. His request for the suspension of Article 301 in an administrational court was also suspended within Turkey\u2019s 3rd row of judicial package.<\/p>\n

\nECHR: Violation of freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted Turkey of violating freedom of expression in the case of Prof. Dr. Taner Ak\u00e7am on Article 301\u2019s usage even if its launching depended on ministry approval.<\/p>\n

\nConstitutional Court inert for 10 years<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turkey\u2019s Constitutional Court, on the other hand, ruled that it would not review the case for 10 years as it rejected the suspension of Article 301 on October 4, 2013. The court also rejected the suspension request in 2009. (E\u00d6\/BM)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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