A court in northwestern Turkey has imposed a travel ban on Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, notorious for his anti-refugee policies, as part of a trial in which he faces charges of “hate and discrimination,” the mayor announced on social media, Turkish Minute reported. Özcan, of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said the Bolu 6th Criminal Court of First Instance handed down the restriction even though the prosecutors did not request it. “The prosecutor’s office did not seek any judicial supervision, yet the court imposed a travel ban without providing a justification,” he wrote. The case was reopened earlier this year after Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç publicly commented on Özcan’s policies, according to the mayor. Turkey’s National Human Rights and Equality Institution (TİHEK) as well as rights groups have denounced these measures as discriminatory.