A Turkish magazine fined for publishing comments from banned Kurdish separatist group, the PKK, was exonerated after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that its right to freedom of expression had been violated.
The European court found that the penalties placed on the magazine amounted to a violation of the right to freedom of expression, reports ChannelNewsAsia.
The court's judges ordered Turkish authorities to pay a total fo 6,000 euros in compensation.
The pro-Kurdish magazine, Dema Nu, which has now stopped publishing, was based in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish south-eastern province.
The European court found that the penalties placed on the magazine amounted to a violation of the right to freedom of expression, reports ChannelNewsAsia.
The court's judges ordered Turkish authorities to pay a total fo 6,000 euros in compensation.
The pro-Kurdish magazine, Dema Nu, which has now stopped publishing, was based in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish south-eastern province.