content tagged with arrested HDP MPs

Constitutional Court has declared the application of HDP Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım inadmissible.

The ECtHR has granted the requests of Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights Muiznieks, ARTICLE 19 and Human Rights Watch to become a third party in the trial of HDP Co-Chairs Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ.

The arrest decision for HDP Kars MP Ayhan Bilgen that was issued after he was released has been revoked upon the objection of his attorneys.

HDP Diyarbakır MP Yiğitalp who was taken into custody from her house this morning, has been released.

An investigation has been launched upon CHP İstanbul MP Tanrıkulu’s statement that civilians were being shot by armed drones.

The court has ruled that HDP MP Ayhan Bilgen, who is facing trial on the charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization” regarding the Kobanê protests from October 6-8, 2014, be released pending trial. Ayhan had been behind bars for over seven months.

Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal against the decision that the HDP MPs Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer-Öztürk be relieved of their MP duties, and ruled that the decision was in accordance with the Constitution, the applicable laws, and the by-laws.

HDP İzmir MP Kürkçü, after being taken forcibly before the Court, reminded that his parliamentary immunity continues and asked “How will you try a PACE member for whose trial a permission of PACE is needed?”