Right to interpreter upheld</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Right to interpreter upheld"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Right,to,interpreter,upheld"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">25-05-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Right to interpreter upheld</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Strasbourg, France (European Court of Human Rights): In the Özden v. Turkey case, the applicant was arrested on suspicion of being a member of the PKK (Workers’ Party of Kurdistan), tried and sentenced to three years and nine months’ imprisonment. <br>The applicant submitted that his defence rights had been infringed as he had not had the assistance of a lawyer or an interpreter throughout the trial. He relied on Article 6 §§ 1 (right to a fair hearing) and 3 (c) (right to legal assistance) and (e) (right to assistance of an interpreter). <br>The Court held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 6 § 1, and awarded the applicant EUR 1,500 for costs and expenses. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2005/May/Chamberjudgments240505.htm " target="blank">www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2005/May/Chamberjudgments240505.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show