Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Turkey: Judicial farce must end with acquittal of human rights defenders

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Almost two years after they were first arrested, two prominent figures from Amnesty International Turkey and nine other human rights defenders must be acquitted of the absurd charges they still face, said Amnesty International ahead of their trial which resumes tomorrow in Istanbul. Taner Kılıç, Amnesty Turkey’s Honorary Chair, and İdil Eser, the organization’s former Turkey Director, are being tried alongside nine other activists on baseless allegations of “membership of a terrorist organisation”. “After almost two years and without a shred of credible evidence presented to substantiate the absurd…

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