The European Court of Human Rights is set to take on the case of a German journalist detained by Turkey for months, the reporter's newspaper wrote on Thursday. Lawyers and advocates for German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel have been fighting for his release in Turkey since he was detained in February over terror-related allegations. Yücel’s newspaper, Die Welt, reported on Thursday that according to the journalist’s lawyer, the European Court of Human Rights is now taking up the case. The Court makes decisions for the European Union, which Turkey hopes to join, but it also oversees states within the Council of Europe, to which Turkey does belong. A second German journalist, Mesale Tolu, was arrested in Istanbul earlier this month, also on terror-related charges.

Source: The Local May 26, 2017 13:52 UTC