EUROPEAN COURT ACCEPTS DISABLED TURKISH-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST’S LAWSUIT AGAINST TURKEY
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March 30, 2012 | 12:57
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted to examine the
lawsuit against Turkey, which was filed by the physically challenged
Armenian journalist Cevat Sinet, who lives in Turkey’s Batman (Sasun)
Province.
On September 21, 2010, Sinet had applied to for a disability card,
but he was denied.
“You are Armenian, it is written ‘Christian’ on your identity card. We
cannot give you a disability card,” the Batman Social Service’s civil
servant had told and subsequently insulted him.
Next, Cevat Sinet applied to the Human Rights Union, and, with the
latter’s assistance, a lawsuit was filed against the civil servant,
but the prosecutor’s office ruled against the case.
And after unsuccessfully exhausting all of Turkey’s judicial instances
to restore his rights, Sinet finally petitioned to ECHR.
“I applied to the ECHR [against Turkey] for insulting me, mocking my
religion, and debasing me,” the Armenian journalist stated.
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