Top court rules prisoner's solitary confinement over victory sign violated free expression
[Bianet ] - 10/28/2024
Nihat Ekmez had displayed the victory sign during a family visit, to which the visitors responded in kind. The prison administration had deemed this act “PKK propaganda.”
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