Tag: Osman Kavala
CoE Committee of Ministers call once again for the release of Kavala and Demirtas
24th September 2022
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers once again urged Turkish authorities to comply with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and release Selahattin Demirtas, the former co-chair of the ...
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CoE to launch rare action against Turkey over activist Kavala’s imprisonment
5th December 2021
The Council of Europe has only begun this type of action once before. It did so against Azerbaijan in 2017 over its refusal to release a dissident. The Council of Europe’s decision comes amid concern ...
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Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul spoke out against the widespread practice of arbitrary detentions Friday, fueling speculation that Turkish philanthropist and civic activist Osman Kavala, who has been in jail for more than three years on a ...