Presentación de persecución política ante el TEDH para el periodista turco detenido Ali Ünal

International Human Rights Advisors anuncia un importante avance en el caso de Ali Ünal en vísperas del Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa 2025 (3 de mayo de 2025).

C-founder and leading barrister, Ben Keith, is submitting expanded appeals to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Ali Ünal – a 70-year-old Turkish journalist and grandfather who has spent nearly nine years in Izmir F-Type High Security Prison.

Key Legal Arguments in the New Submission:

• Flagrant Denial of Justice (Article 6): Ünal was not informed of charges upon arrest, questioned without legal representation, denied the right to question witnesses, and faced a judiciary lacking impartiality
• Arbitrary Detention (Article 5): His detention lacks legal basis as it stems from procedural violations that vitiate any lawful grounds for deprivation of liberty
• No Punishment Without Law (Article 7): Charged for journalistic activities conducted before the Gülen movement was designated a terrorist organization – constituting retroactive application of criminal law
• Political Persecution (Article 18): The submission argues that restrictions on Ünal’s rights have an ulterior political motive – silencing dissent and targeting opposition voices
• UN Recognition: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has already declared his imprisonment arbitrary under Categories I, II, III, and V

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