Information Note on the Court’s case-law 23
October 2000
Karataş and Boğa v. Turkey - 24669/94
Judgment 17.10.2000 [Section I]
Article 3
Inhuman treatment
Alleged ill-treatment by the police: friendly settlement
The applicants, both journalists, claimed that they had been beaten by police when arrested during a funeral on which they were reporting and also later while in custody. The public prosecutor concluded that the force used had been lawful.
The parties have reached a friendly settlement providing for payment to each of the applicants of the equivalent in Turkish liras of 85,000 French francs (FRF), including reimbursement of 10,000 francs for costs and fees.
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