Information Note on the Court’s case-law 23

October 2000

KarataÅŸ and BoÄŸa 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 conclu ded 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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