Çağlar Buldu and Others v. Turkey
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International Law
Buldu and Others v. Turkey
(Application No. 14017/08) – Chamber Judgment 3 June 2014. The applicants are four Turkish Jehovah’s Witnesses who refused to carry out their military service on account of religious convictions. They cited Articles 3 and 9 of the Convention, and said that…
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ECtHR fines Turkey for Jehovah’s Witnesses forced to do military service
Çağlar Buldu, Barış Görmez, Ersin Ölgün and Nevzat Umdu also complained about the treatment they sustained during the proceedings in question. The applicants argued that their criminal convictions entailed a violation of freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Görmez also complained…
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