Oct 20, 2007Quickie Link: Court Defers Decision on Lambda Istanbul until January
By vanrozenheim
(Turkey) - Human Right Watch said that it had a representative at the hearing on Lambda Istambul case. “The hearing lasted only about 15 minutes,” said Scott Long, director of HRW’s LGBT Rights Program, in a brief statement issued in New York. “Lambda Istanbul presented written evidence on why lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues do not contravene morals provisions in Turkish law. “The judge appointed an expert from the Istanbul University Law Faculty to determine whether these interpretations are valid, and postponed the case till January 31. Lambda Istanbul is trying to learn more about the expert and where things go from here,” the statement concluded.
