Ruhat Sena Aksener, Amnesty International’s Turkey campaigns and advocacy director, talks during a joint press conference with members of Turkish and international human rights organisations, to condemn attacks on civil society groups in Turkey, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. The organisations have called on Turkey to end what they termed as an “orchestrated campaign of intimidation and judicial harassment of civil society”, after prosecutors moved to indict 16 prominent activists. (LEFTERIS PITARAKIS / AP PHOTO)
ISTANBUL – Turkish and international human rights organizations have called on Turkey to end what they term an “orchestrated campaign of intimidation and judicial harassment of civil society,” after prosecutors moved to indict 16 prominent activists.
Turkish state media have reported that prosecutors are seeking life prison terms without parole against philanthropist businessman Osman Kavala and 15 other people they accuse of “attempting to overthrow the government” for supporting mass anti-government protests in 2013.
