The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey partly violated the European Convention on Human Rights, following a complaint by Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Hürriyet Daily News reports.
In particular, the court called for Ankara to create mechanisms to allow the possibility of conditional release for prisoners with “aggravated” life sentences, or even to abolish life sentences completely.
Öcalan had filed a complaint to the Euroepan Court about the conditions of his detention in İmralı Island prison off Istanbul, where he is serving a life sentence for treason.
