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Sixth Hearing of Demirtas Trial Takes Place in Ankara
Written by Margaret Owen (International Trial Observer and Barrister)
On Wednesday 12th December 2018, Solicitor-Advocate Ali Has, Thomas Phillips of Liverpool University, and myself arrive in Ankara to attend the sixth hearing of the case against Selahattin Demirtas, former co-chair of Turkey’s HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party). Demirtas was arrested on 4th November 2016 together with co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ and seven other MPs. He has been in pre-trial detention at Edirne Prison since his arrest. Continue reading “Sixth Hearing of Demirtas Trial Takes Place in Ankara”