An Istanbul court on Friday, December 16, ruled against the arrest for terrorism charges regarding Ogün Samast, who was sentenced to 21 years and six months for the assassination of the Turkish-Armenian journalist, Agos bilingual weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink.

According to Today’s Zaman, as the hearing of the trial against Samast for membership in terror organization was held at the Istanbul 2nd Juvenile High Criminal Court, the presiding judge, Celal Ünal, ruled that he would no longer be tried under terrorism charges and his arrest in that regard would be removed.

However, Samast, who is being tried in juvenile court because he was a minor at the time of the crime, will remain under arrest because of other charges against him.