A disabled man who alleges he was beaten by bodyguards after his arrest for insulting Turkey’s Prime Minister will find out tomorrow if his human rights were breached.
Necati Yılmaz v. Turkey (no. 15380/09)
The applicant, Necati Yılmaz, is a Turkish national who was born in 1963 and lives in Araklı-Trabzon (Turkey). He has an 80% eyesight impairment caused by retinitis pigmentosa.
On 7 April 2007 Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Erdoğan went to Araklı to inaugurate a new road. At the end of Erdoğan’s speech, the applicant was arrested for having publicly insulted the Prime Minister.
When questioned by the public prosecutor on 8 April, he denied the accusations and complained that he had been beaten by the Erdoğan’s bodyguards. He was released the same day.
Relying on Article 3, the applicant complains that he was ill-treated by the Prime Minister’s bodyguards. Under Articles 6 and 13, he complains that there was no effective remedy under Turkish law.
The European Court of Human Rights will make known its decision in writing on 12 February.
via Court: ‘Erdogan insult’ complaint pits disabled man against Turkey | HUMANERIGHTSEUROPE.