Turkey: Release Osman Kavala and 15 others from prison and drop spurious charges
(WorldNews Turkey)

Ahead of tomorrow´s third hearing in the trial of civil society leader Osman Kavala and 15 others on trumped up charges of `attempting to overthrow the government´, Amnesty International´s Turkey Campaigner, Milena Buyum said: This prosecution is a shameful attempt to silence independent civil society and part of a wider ongoing crackdown on rights defenders. Milena Buyum, Amnesty International `This prosecution is a shameful attempt to silence independent civil society and part of a wider ongoing crackdown on rights defenders. Osman Kavala should not have spent a single minute behind bars let alone more than two years in pre-trial detention. `He, and 15 others, are facing spurious...