job. However, it was observed that civil servants and academics were forced by their employers to
attend government-organized rallies following the coup-attempt, and that those who did not attend
were labeled as coup supporters. Overall, the increase of those prosecuted under the Law on
Assemblies had a stark increase from 2011 to 2014, and this upwards trend is expected to have
continued during the monitoring period.
NR OF SUSPECTS UNDER 2911
STATUS OF PROSECUTION
25000
20000
19274
15896
15000
10000
5000
13370
9717
4599
9196
7492
5487
8971
7948
0
2011
2012
2013
DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE
13
2014
PROSECUTION
2015