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YENİ Party lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu condemns Silivri proceedings: “A judicial system contrary to human dignity”

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • YENİ Party lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu criticized the conditions under which detainees are being tried at the Marmara Prison Campus in Silivri.
  • He said the hearings and detention facilities placed excessive strain on detainees and violated human dignity.

YENİ Party Diyarbakır lawmaker Sezgin Tanrıkulu has criticized the conditions under which detainees are being tried at the Marmara Prison Campus in Silivri.

Tanrıkulu raised concerns about the length of hearings and conditions in the detention cells. He said the proceedings placed an unacceptable burden on detainees and undermined their dignity.

“There can be no form of trial that exhausts the human body, damages human dignity and is contrary to human dignity,” Tanrıkulu said.

There can be no form of trial that exhausts the human body, damages human dignity and is contrary to human dignity.

· Sezgin TanrıkuluThe YENİ Party lawmaker criticized hearing durations and detention-cell conditions at Silivri.
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