Hours after the ECHR’s Nov. 20 ruling, Demirtas’ lawyers applied for his immediate release, saying keeping the politician in jail would amount to a “restriction on freedom”. In its ruling on Friday, the Turkish court said the ECHR decision had not been finalised and unanimously rejected the appeal for Demirtas’ release. Benan Molu, one of Demirtas’ lawyers, said the Turkish court ruling was unfounded. “The ECHR’s ‘immediate release’ ruling does not need to be finalised for it to be implemented. President Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed the ruling on Demirtas, saying it amounted to support for terrorism.

Source: Egypt Independent November 30, 2018 13:52 UTC