Case 256_97
256_97 interference
97. In the present case, the Court observes that according to the
documents in the case file the demonstration of 14 July 2008 was organised
by the DTP to protest about the conditions of detention of Abdullah Öcalan.
The Court notes that nothing in the case file suggests that this demonstration
was not intended to be peaceful or that the organisers had violent intentions.
The Court further observes that the applicant claimed that when he first
joined the demonstrators, he started walking and chanting slogans with
them. Thus, he had the intention of showing support for Mr Öcalan, but not
of behaving violently when he started demonstrating, and these submissions
were not contested by the Government. Besides, there is nothing in the
domestic courts’ decisions showing that the applicant had violent intentions
when he joined the demonstration. What is more, the charges against the
applicant did not concern infliction of any bodily harm on anyone. The
Court therefore accepts that during the events of 14 July 2008 the applicant
enjoyed the protection of Article 11 of the Convention (compare Primov 38 GÜLCÜ v. TURKEY JUDGMENT
and Others v. Russia, no. 17391/06, § 156, 12 June 2014), as also
acknowledged by the Government.