content tagged with blocking release of political prisoners

"The concept of 'good conduct,' directly affecting the right to personal freedom and security, is left to the arbitrary approaches of prison boards," said lawyer Binbir while announcing a new report on prisoners whose releases were postponed due to disciplinary penalties in 13 prisons.

The release of Resul Baltacı, arrested in Batman in 1992 in connection with a PKK case and sentenced to life imprisonment who was subjected to torture during his first detention according to a ECtHR ruling, has been hindered for the past 13 months through arbitrary disciplinary penalties.