GOKHAN GOKMEN v. TURKIYE - 67465/12 (Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association : Second Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

Egidijus Kūris , President , Pauliine Koskelo, Frédéric Krenc , judges , and Dorothee von Arnim, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 67465/12 ) against the Republic of Türkiye lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on 28 August 2012 by a Turkish national, Mr Gökhan Gökmen ("the applicant"), who was born in 1985, lives in Tunceli and was represented by Mr E. Kısacık, a lawyer practising in Malatya;

the decision to give notice to the Turkish Government ("the Government") of the complaints under Articles 6, 10 and 11 of the Convention and to declare the remainder of the application inadmissible;

The applicant complained of a violation of his rights to freedom of expression and assembly on account of his conviction which had been based on, inter alia , his participation in several demonstrations and press conferences. The case further concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings against the applicant owing to his inability to question an anonymous witness at any stage of the proceedings, as well as the domestic courts' rejection of his request to have the contents of his confiscated computer examined.