Turkey - 96-year-old prosecuted for insulting Erdogan - Threatened with imprisonment

How far can the cruelty of a regime go, like the one set up by Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey; Until the prosecution of a 96-year-old sick woman, at least, for sure.

According to a post on the website Ahvalnews.com, the elderly woman in question is being prosecuted, and even threatened with imprisonment, for insulting and insulting the Turkish president. This is Aliye Yabansu, who lives in her southeastern province of Urfa Turkey.

According to the report, the 96-year-old - who speaks only Kurdish - on the one hand spoke about the president without knowing that she was being videotaped and on the other hand she is facing, according to medical reports, psychological problems.

The decision of the court

A local court ruled last week that the 96-year-old should be treated in a state-of-the-art health facility until she "ceases to be a danger to society", without knowing how she could threaten Turkish society.

It is noted that a total of 7.790 citizens have been charged and 3.325 have been convicted on the charge of "insulting the president".

In October, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) urged Turkey to change its law on insulting the president, who has prosecuted thousands of people.

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) states that Turkish legislation insulting the president must be changed and that everyone must have freedom of expression without the intervention of the authorities.

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