Cry for help from Turkey
[Mail from Turkey to the blog editor]
DO YOU HEAR THE İNNOCENT JUDGE AND PROSECUTORS VOİCE? WE ARE INDEPENDENT AND HARDWORKING AND HONEST LOVER JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS. NOW IN TURKEY WE HAVE ANY SOLUTION. BUT WE BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE EVERY WHERE. YOU ARE THE PROTECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING URGENT ABOUT US. OUR FAMILİES OUR BABİES ARE DİSOLATED AND MİSERABLE AND POOR AND CONFUSED. DO YOU KNOW MANY JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS ARE İN SOLITERY CONFINEMENT İSOLATED İN CELLS FOR 6 MONTHS AND THE ECHR DOES NOT SEE THIS AS A MATTER OF URGENT APPLICATION? ARRESTED JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS IN TURKEY ARE BEING HELD IN SOLITERY CONFINEMENT AND TORTURED WITH THE ORDERS OF “JUSTICE MİNİSTERY” WİLL YOU STILL KEEP IN SİLENT?
I AM WHO İS N.N. is one such judge who was arrested shortly after the coup and continues to be detained in Turkey on allegations of links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization. My petition to the ECtHR is the first of more than 3,000 petitions against the Turkish government to reach the ECtHR since the coup. Mercan accused the Turkish government of violating her right to liberty by her continued confinement in deplorable conditions and her right to a fair trial through her continued detention without a hearing. However, the ECtHR held that Mercan must first exhaust available domestic remedies before the Court can address the underlying issue.
It is disappointing that the ECtHR did not take this opportunity to assess the effectiveness and availability of remedies for Mercan and others like her as well as to analyze the validity of the July 2016 derogation that allows Turkey to continue to violate fundamental human rights of its citizens. With thousands languishing in pre-trial detention and no trials having yet taken place, it is unclear how long Mercan and her fellow detainees will have to wait before their domestic remedies are formally exhausted as required by the ECtHR As such, her rights remain firmly in the ‘theoretical and illusory’ camp and not ‘practical and effective.’ I am asking is it the right thing keepıng silence? Where is the ARTİCLES OF HUMAN RİGHTS? WE ARE WAİTİNG FOR WHAT? WE NEED REAL JUDGEMENT REAL LAW REAL JUSTİCE!
