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In the trial over the burning of nine people to death in Muş in 1993, the court has ruled that the execution of the arrest warrant against the then district gendarmerie commander shall be awaited. The case is facing the risk of expiry of statutory limitations.

Speaking about a court case filed into torture to death in detention, but closed due to statutory limitations, lawyer Kılıç says, “There is no need for additional legal regulations for the non-applicability of statutory limitations to crimes against humanity.”