Leyla Guven

HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, who has been behind bars since January 31, 2018, has been banned from being visited for a month for chanting a slogan in prison.

A parliamentary inquiry has been submitted concerning HDP MP Güven still being kept in prison.

The hearing of Leyla Güven, who was elected as the Hakkari MP of the HDP at the parliamentary election on June 24, has been held at the Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court. The court board has ruled that the detention of Güven shall continue.

The verdict of release issued for the Co-Chair of the Democratic Society Congress Leyla Güven, who was elected Hakkari MP of the HDP, has been reversed upon the objection of the Prosecutor’s Office.

The court has ordered continuation of arrest of DTK co-Chair Güven, who has been kept in detention for four months. The next hearing will be held on July 11.