Judge Aydin Sedaf Akay continues to remain in detention in Turkey, where he is one of tens of thousands of people arrested following the failed coup in July. The Turkish authorities have ignored a court order by a UN court for the release of the judge by 14 February. Akay was on the judicial panel considering whether Rwandan Augustin Ngirabatware had been wrongfully convicted of genocide. The court says Akay’s detention is illegal because of his diplomatic immunity as a UN judge, and his detention is delaying the case.
16 February 2017
Judge Akay
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