Turkiye: Osman Kavala Marks 7 Years Behind Bars

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (Istanbul, November 1, 2024) – Türkiye’s continued unlawful detention of the human rights defender Osman Kavala is a result of prosecutors and courts effectively operating under the political control of the government, three human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, said in a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights regarding his case. The groups called for Kavala’s immediate release and for his conviction to be overturned, to give effect to the binding judgements of the European Court.Kavala,…

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