[Ynet] A Idris Baluken, of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was first tossed in the slammer
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pending trial in a terrorism-related investigation in November 2016. He was later released in January 2017 and locked away
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
again one month later.
Baluken and other detained HDP members, including the party's co-leaders, are mostly accused of links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) krazed killer group, which has conducted a decades-old insurgency against the
"This sentence reflects anger against democracy and the fight for freedom. Justice is being used as a baton," said HDP co-leader Serpil Kemalbay following the court ruling.
The arrests in the HDP drew international condemnation and former co-leader Figen Yuksekdag has since been stripped of her parliamentary status and replaced as co-chairwoman.
"Devastating sentence and continuation of crackdown on opposition voices," the European Parliament's rapporteur on
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, Kati Piri, wrote on Twitter.
The third-largest party in the
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or stripped of their parliamentary status.