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Mandate
Allegations transmitted
Government response
medical and technical reports and the public
prosecution investigations to reach the facts upon
which its judgment was established. The court
responded to all the pleas of the defence during
the trial including the plea of the invalidity of the
confessions because they were made under
physical and moral duress. However, the court
was satisfied that the confessions of the suspects
and the other accused persons during the
investigations were made by persons who have
the will and the discernment and are fully aware of
the charges against them. Moreover, it was found
when the accused persons appeared for the first
time before the public prosecutor that they were
free from any injuries. The court was certain that
the suspects were fully aware that the
investigations were made by the PPO and that it
had informed them with the charges against them;
and the court was convinced that their
confessions were valid. The PPO investigation
scripts affirmed that the Prosecutor viewed the
suspects and remarked that they were free from
apparent injuries. The pleadings concerned with
torture were forwarded to the court. The court
responded to the lawyers’ request to refer the
suspects to forensic medicine as mentioned in the
causes of the judgment. The court had no
suspicions about the suspects’ confessions before
the PPO throughout the numerous investigation
sessions. Moreover, the suspects brought
complaints to the Judgments Confirmation Office.
The documents indicate quite evidently that the
right to litigation was not violated. The suspects
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