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  • HR: Strasburg court condemns Turkey

    ANSAmed
    May 21, 2010 Friday 6:46 PM CET


    HUMAN RIGHTS: STRASBURG COURT CONDEMNS TURKEY;
    FOR STOPPING US ACADEMIC FROM RETURNING TO COUNTRY

    STRASBURG


    (ANSAmed) The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Turkey for
    having banned a US academic from returning to the country. According
    to the Strasburg judges, the decision taken by Ankara was
    unjustifiable.

    During the 1980s, Norma Cox was working as a lecturer at two Turkish
    universities. The country's Interior Ministry expelled her in 1986 for
    some statements the academic allegedly made to her colleagues and
    students on matters concerning the Kurds and the Armenians.

    Cox returned to Turkey and was arrested in 1989 while distributing
    leaflets against Martin Scorzesés film, "The Last Temptation of
    Christ". She was expelled once again. In 1996, following a trip to
    Turkey, the authorities wrote on her passport that she may no longer
    enter the country.

    Cox challenged this decision, but the ban became definitive in 2001
    following a ruling by Turkey's Supreme Administrative Court. According
    to the judges in Strasburg, however, the Turkish authorities were not
    able to demonstrate the grounds for their ruling and in particular
    they did not supply any arguments as to why Ms Cox constituted a
    danger to the nation's security. The Court ruled that Ms Cox should
    receive compensation of 12,000 euros from Ankara for moral damages
    incurred.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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