Death sentence for two citizens, and life imprisonment for others in ‘Marmina Church’ case

On 12th May, 2019, the State Security Criminal Court (emergency) sentenced two of the defendants to death in the well-known case of the “Marmina Church”. The court also sentenced two others to life imprisonment, four others to 10 years imprisonment, two others to 3 years imprisonment and acquitted one defendant. The court accused them of killing 9 citizens and a police officer in December 2017.

Justice for Human Rights foundation-JHR condemns the politicized judgements issued by exceptional and illegal courts against the citizens, and also calls for a retrial of the defendants before a natural court and providing them with the standards and guarantees of fair trials.