Prison Sentences Handed down to Eight Members of Academics for Peace

Yazar / Referans: 
Front Line Defenders
Tarih: 
26.10.2018

During the period from 26 September to 26 October 2018, prison sentences were handed down to eight members of Academics for Peace. They were all sentenced to one year and three months in prison on charges of creating “terrorist propaganda” for having signed the peace petition drafted by Academics for Peace in January 2016. All sentences were suspended.

Academics for Peace is an organisation founded in November 2012 that unites more than 2,000 individuals supporting peace in the south-east of Turkey. To date, the first hearings of 353 academics have been concluded, and criminal proceedings against many others are ongoing. 33 academics, including the eight mentioned above, were sentenced to one year and three months in prison. All sentences were suspended, except in the cases of Füsun Üstel and Büşra Ersanlı. Should their appeal be unsuccessful, the two academics will be detained to begin serving their sentences.

Source: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/judicial-harassment-academics...