Woman jailed for illegal abortion in north

By Kyriacos Kiliaris

By Kyriacos Kiliaris
A Kyrenia court has sentenced to nine months imprisonment a young Turkish Cypriot woman for ending her pregnancy after the 10 week period allowed by the regulations.
The court found Melis Akcal guilty of ending her pregnancy in an illegal manner in the 17th week, while there was no health reason to justify such a deed. The abortion was carried out in the Kyrenia Ada Hospital back in 2014.
Judge Mesut Mesutoglu, while reading the sentence also stressed that the abortion was carried out without the knowledge and approval of her fiancé who was the father of the child.
Mesutoglu said that the crime that Akcal was charged with, could bring about an imprisonment of up to seven years, however the court took in mind that the culprit has a clean criminal record and sentenced Akcal to only nine months imprisonment.
After the reading of the decision by the judge, both her father and mother were taken to hospital as they had fainted in the courtyard.
The court is expected to announce its decision regarding the doctors of the Kyrenia Ada Hospital, where the abortion was carried out, on Thursday.

Σχόλια

Δημοσίευση σχολίου

Δημοφιλείς αναρτήσεις από αυτό το ιστολόγιο

Conscientious objector sentenced to jail in north

Εικόνα
Halil Karapaşaoğlu arrives at the martial court holding an olive branch By Kyriacos Kiliaris Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector and peace activist Halil Karapaşaoğlu was sentenced to pay a fine of 2000 TL (EUR 360) and was given ten days by a military court in the north. Karapaşaoğlu was gıven ten days to pay it or spend twenty days in prison . Having been sentenced, Karapa şaoğlu on his way out from the military court addressed reporters and the tens of p eace activists who rallied in his support from both sides of the island. “I am not going to pay the fine. I object. I will return in ten days to spend twenty days in prison” said Karapa şaoğlu. The conscientious objector had refused to serve the Turkish army as a reserve during the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Upon appearing at the military court on Thursday, Karapa şaoğlu was informed that the charge for failing to respond to a call to join reservists in 2018 was also added. Karapa şaoğlu '
Διαβάστε περισσότερα

CYPRUS: Green Line Regulation not fit for purpose

Εικόνα
As reunification talks seem to be going nowhere, confidence building measures (CBMs) to rebuild trust like Green Line trade has also stagnated. By Kyriacos Kiliaris (As published in the Financial Mirror) One of the most important CMBs in encouraging people-to-people contact is trade through the EU Green Line Regulation but figures are significantly lower than 10 years ago. While the Green Line Regulation, implemented in August 2004, seemed to be a promising step, figures for products sold by Greek Cypriots to Turkish Cypriots have remained stable for a decade, while sales of Turkish Cypriot products to the south have plunged. While stakeholders on both sides of the divide agree that trade between the two communities is probably the most important CMB which could lay the groundwork for peaceful coexistence in the +future, trade figures could be a lot better. Since its introduction in 2004, Greek Cypriots have sold products worth a total of EUR 14 mln to traders in the nor
Διαβάστε περισσότερα

Έξι άτομα συνελήφθησαν Υπό εξέταση η στάση της αστυνομίας

Εικόνα
  Φωτογραφία απο την εφημερίδα Yenidüzen Γράφει ο Κυριάκος Κοιλιάρης Μετά από καθυστέρηση μερικών ημερών, η τουρκοκυπριακή αστυνομία προχώρησε σε σύλληψη έξι ατόμων σε σχέση με τα γεγονότα έξω από τα γραφεία της εφημερίδας Αφρίκα. Όπως μαθεύτηκε, ανάμεσα στους συλληφθέντες είναι και ο πρόεδρος του Συλλόγου των οπαδών του ΑΚΡ που ήρθαν από την περιοχή Χατάϋ στην Τουρκία, Μεχμέτ Ιπέκ. Ο Ιπέκ πιάστηκε από τις κάμερες καθώς έριχνε πέτρες στο κτίριο της εφημερίδας Αξιοσημείωτο είναι το ότι το ίδιο βράδυ ο Ιπέκ συμμετείχε στο κοκτέιλ πάρτι που διοργανώθηκε επί ευκαιρίας των εγκαινίων της βουλής, και πόζαρε μπροστά από τις κάμερες μαζί με τους βουλευτές του Κόμματος Εθνικής Ενότητας Ερσίν Ταταρ και Ολγκουν Αμτζαογλου. Με τις εικόνες του λιντσαρίσματος και των γεγονότων που διαδραματίστηκαν στη βουλή, που έχουν προκαλέσει την αγανάκτηση της κοινωνίας, είναι ακόμα φρέσκες, ο Τουρκοκύπριος ηγέτης Μουσταφά Ακιντζί, ζήτησε “ΣΥΜΠΛΗΡΩΜΑΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΗ”, ενώ η βουλή έκανε “ΕΠΙΣΗΜΟ ΓΡΑΠΤΟ ΠΑΡΑΠΟΝΟ
Διαβάστε περισσότερα