Soma Trial Starts

11th session of Case Soma where 301 miners lost their lives started in Akhisar High Criminal Court.

İstanbul

In Soma district of Manisa province (in Aegean region of Turkey) where 301 miners lost their lives, 11^th session of Case Soma started in Akhisar High Criminal Court.

Acquaintances of the deceased miners, Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim-Sen) and Soma Social Rights Association holding banners with the deceased miners’ names written on them participated in the session.

The court had postponed the trial to August 18 since there would be a conflict of interest. Cross examination is expected.

What happened?

On May 13, 2014 in Soma district of Manisa province, 311 miners lost their lives in a mine pit. There were 45 defendants; 8 arrested people , 37 people without arrest and 162 injured workers as victim plaintiff in the case.

8 defendants were demanded to receive imprisonment for “deliberately injuring and murdering”.

25 of 37 defendants were demanded to have one-third increased penalty. (NV/BD)

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