The detention orders relied principally on the nature of the alleged offence, the state of the evidence and the potential sentence.

He maintained inter alia that the courts' actions and decisions had not only deprived him of his right to a fair trial, being an accused, but also infringed his right to freedom of expression.

    The Court’s assessment (a)     General principles 74.

    The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows. 1.     Criminal proceedings opened against the applicant and his detention pending trial 3.

The applicant complained that evidence resulting from that police operation had been used in criminal proceedings against him, in breach of his right to a fair trial. THE FACTS 2.

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    The Court’s assessment (a)     General case-law principles 77.

THE FACTS I.     the circumstances of the case A.     The article in the weekly newspaper Yeni Ülke 8.

    United Nations principles 67.

  Applicant’s version of the facts     On 4 October 1994 military operations started in the region of Tunceli.

Other relevant facts 24.     Several media outlets reported on the applicant’s deprivation of liberty. 25.

Blanket prohibitions fail to be necessary and proportionate. ...

    The Court observes that the general principles concerning the applicability of Article 6 were summarised in Ziliberberg (ibid., § 29). 21.

Consequently, in this criminal case, one cannot speak of a violation of the principle nullum crimen sine lege . ...

A principal informant in the enquiries leading to this arrest was J., the brother of the applicant's aunt Maria F.   On ..

In fact, everything happened very quickly (...). We placed vehicles at different locations (...).

They relied on Article   6   §   1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time).

    The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows. 1.

They alleged that the courts reached wrong factual and legal conclusions as the applicants had in fact been innocent.