GEYLANI AND OTHERS v. TURKIYE - 10443/12 (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture : Second Section)

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

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

Arnfinn Bårdsen , President , Jovan Ilievski, Pauliine Koskelo, Saadet Yüksel, Lorraine Schembri Orland, Frédéric Krenc, Davor Derenčinović , judges , and Dorothee von Arnim, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 10443/12 ) 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") by three Turkish nationals, Mr Hamit Geylani, Ms Sevahir Bayındır ("the second applicant") and Mr Hasip Kaplan (collectively "the applicants"), on 27 January 2012;

the decision to give notice to the Turkish Government ("the Government") of the complaints concerning the dispersal by the police of the demonstration in which the applicants participated, the alleged ill-treatment of the second applicant in the course of the dispersal and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the matter, and to declare the remainder of the application inadmissible;