CONTENT OF INFORMATION FILE
INTRODUCTION
STATISTICS ON KURDISH CHILDREN KILLED BY THE STATE
THESITUATION OF CHILDREN IN 2008
JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN INITIATIVE
PRESS ARTICLES
INTRODUCTION Every child must be trialled according to the special procedures for young people of underage. Denial of freedom should be the last measure for children who are in conflict with the law. None of the children could be deprived of any of his or her rights and should be able to enjoy his or her right to education in any case.... In Turkey, there are children who are still being trailed as they have participated in the street protests took place in Diyarbakır, Adana, Mersin and other various cities in 2008. The trial of these children in the High Criminal Courts under imprisonment is against the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and child justice system. But still, some of these children are being trialled in High Criminal Courts under imprisonment. These children are being accused of participating riots and stone throwing which calls for a penalty of 20 years imprisonment and more. This is completely disproportional.
