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CoE human rights commissioner to intervene in Kavala’s case at ECtHR
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has announced her decision to intervene in a case against jailed Turkish rights activist...
Jailed Turkish businessman Kavala says would be uncomfortable if released in deal with Europe
Jailed Turkish businessman and political activist Osman Kavala has said he would be uncomfortable if he were released by a court in Turkey as...
Jailed Turkish businessman Kavala: I’m waiting to see the face of justice
Prominent Turkish businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala, who has been in pre-trial detention in İstanbul's Silivri Prison since November 2017, has said,...
Jailed Turkish businessman Kavala seen with wife in first prison photo in 260 days
Renowned Turkish businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala, who has been in pre-trial detention since November 2017, is seen with his wife, Professor...
Turkey’s jailed human rights activist and businessman Kavala applies to ECtHR
Prominent human rights activist, Anadolu Kültür executive board chairman and businessman Osman Kavala, who has spent seven months in jail, announced on Monday that...
Jailed HR activist Kavala: Thousands await indictments under detention in Turkey
Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and activist who has been held in pretrial detention since November 2017, has written an open letter from İstanbul’s Silivri Prison...
55 academics from the world call on Turkey’s Erdoğan to release Kavala
Fifty-five academics have written an open letter to Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling for the release of businessman and civil activist Osman...
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Kavala says arrested just after being targeted by Erdoğan
Jailed businessman, philanthropist and civil activist Osman Kavala said his imprisonment came just after Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s words, implying that the...
European intellectuals ask Turkey’s Erdoğan to release social activist Kavala
A group of 35 academics, writers and researchers have come together under the guidance of the European Network on Political Group Analysis Jean-François Bayart,...
EESC president urges immediate release of Turkish rights activist Kavala
Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), said on Thursday he was disappointed by the detention of human rights activist...
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