Index on Censorship » freedom or expression http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » freedom or expression http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Turkey: Deaf and mute protester sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/turkey-deaf-and-mute-protester-sentenced-to-eight-years-imprisonment/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/turkey-deaf-and-mute-protester-sentenced-to-eight-years-imprisonment/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:06:03 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=37920 A court in Turkey has sentenced a man with speech and hearing impairments to eight years in prison for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Mehmet Tahir Ilhan was sentenced after attending a demonstration in in April 2011. Following his involvement in the protest, Ihlan was also charged with “committing a crime on behalf [...]

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]]> Turkey has sentenced a man with speech and hearing impairments to eight years in prison for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Mehmet Tahir Ilhan was sentenced after attending a demonstration in in April 2011. Following his involvement in the protest, Ihlan was also charged with “committing a crime on behalf of a terrorist organisation,”  “resisting security forces” and “contravening the Law of Assembly and Demonstration”.  Ilhan claimed he was  not one of the protesters who threw stones  and Molotov cocktails during the rally.

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