CASE OF ÖZTOP AND OTHERS v. TURKEY
Violation of Article 10 - Freedom of expression-{general} (Article 10-1 - Freedom of expression)
Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Ledi Bianku;Nebojša Vučinić
4. The applicants, whose names are listed in the appendix, are Turkish nationals and and at the time of lodging their applications they were serving their prison sentences in various establishments. 5. The names and dates of birth of the applicants, as well as the names of their representatives, and the dates of introduction of the applications appear in the appendix. 6. All of the applicants were found guilty of breaching prison order by decisions of the respective disciplinary boards of prisons in which they were held. Pursuant to the Regulations on the administration of penitentiary institutions and the execution of sentences, the applicants were sentenced respectively between 11 to 15 days’ solitary confinement on the orders of the respective Prison Disciplinary Boards (referred hereafter as “the board”). 7. Their objections were subsequently rejected by the Enforcement Judges and the Assize Courts, on the basis of the case file, without hearing the applicants or their lawyers, pursuant to Law no. 4675 on Enforcement Judges, dated 16 May 2001.