content tagged with Festus Okey

Court: The shot that killed Festus Okey wasn't unintentional

Court: The shot that killed Festus Okey wasn't unintentional

The court has announced its justified decision in the case of the 2007 killing of Festus Okey, a refugee from Nigeria, at a police station.

20 April 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Police officer sentenced to prison over killing of Festus Okey

Police officer sentenced to prison over killing of Festus Okey

Trial over the killing of Festus Okey from Nigeria at Beyoğlu Police Department in İstanbul has ended after 14 years and the defendant police officer has been sentenced to 16 years, 8 months in prison.

Constitutional Court: Festus Okey’s right to life violated

Constitutional Court: Festus Okey’s right to life violated

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has concluded that the right to life of Festus Okey, who was killed by the police in detention, was violated on material and procedural grounds. The family of Okey will be paid 80,000 lira in damages.

DNA Report to Be Requested from Nigeria

FESTUS OKEY CASE

DNA Report to Be Requested from Nigeria

In Festus Okey case, which has been reopened after 11 years, the court ruled that necessary documents for visa procedures for Okey's family shall be provided. DNA reports have also been requested to prove blood relations between the family members.

12 December 2018

Court Gives Decision of Insistence in Festus Okey Case

Court Gives Decision of Insistence in Festus Okey Case

Following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn the four years two months prison sentence given to police officer Yıldız in the Festus Okey case as well as the rejection of the Okey family attorneys’ request of intervention, the court gave a decision of insistence.

5 June 2014 Ekin Karaca

Appeals Court Overturns Festus Okey Verdict

Appeals Court Overturns Festus Okey Verdict

An appeals court in Istanbul overturned the conviction of police officer Cengiz Yıldız charged with negligently murdering Nigerian immigrant Festus Okey under detention in 2007, recommending that the convict ought to be charged with murder.

17 January 2013

Complaint about Court Board for Deadlock of Procedures

FESTUS OKEY TRIAL

Complaint about Court Board for Deadlock of Procedures

The Contemporary Lawyers Association filed a criminal complaint at the HSYK about the court that handles the murder case of Nigerian immigrant Okey. Lawyer Boğatekin claimed that "not the perpetrators but human rights defenders who are seeking justice are tried".

9 February 2011

Prosecutor as Lawyer for Festus Okey

FESTUS OKEY COURT CASE

Prosecutor as Lawyer for Festus Okey

In the court case regarding the murder of refugee Okey joint plaintiffs were not accepted. Rights Organizations are not able to obtain a mandate from the refugee's family in Nigeria. Lawyer Tanay and Dalkıran from hYd stress that Okey's lawyer is actually a prosecutor who has not requested anything from the court so far.

1 October 2009 Tolga Korkut

Parliamentary Commission into Deaths of Dink and Okey

The Parliamentary Human Rights Commission has formed commissions to investigate deaths of journalist Hrant Dink and refugee Festus Okey.

2 October 2007 Tolga Korkut