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UGA A/A44/43/1/28/1/5/2
Title
Appendix 2: Urgent Action Appeals from Amnesty International concerning the detention of lawyers in Turkey, including İmam and Arzu Şahin
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- 1993/12/09-1994/01/25
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6pp
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Three issues of Amnesty's Urgent Action publication (9 December 1993, 17 December 1993, and 25 January 1994) discussing the detentions of the lawyers who are applicants in the Elçi and others application and the Şahin and Şahin application. It is noted in the 19 December 1993 issue that 16 defence lawyers in Diyarbakır and İstanbul have been detained without being informed of the charges against them; the formal indictment would not come until 22 December 1993 (A44/43/1/28/1/2/5).
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English