Turkey: Outrageous decision to keep Osman Kavala in jail must be overturned
(WorldNews Turkey)

Following a decision by a judge to keep civil society leader Osman Kavala in pre-trial detention on trumped up charges of `attempting to overthrow the government´, Amnesty International´s Andrew Gardner said: `The decision to keep Osman Kavala in pre-trial detention is outrageous but not surprising. It exposes yet again, how Turkey´s judicial system has been weaponised in order to target legitimate civil society activities and jail people without a shred of evidence. Osman Kavala has already spent 625 days behind bars. He must be immediately released. `Osman Kavala has already spent 625 days behind bars. Absurdly he is accused of trying to incite the overthrow of the government during the...