October 8, 2019
More than two years after they were first detained, the honorary chair and the former Director of Amnesty International Turkey and nine other human rights defenders must be acquitted of the absurd charges they still face, said Amnesty International ahead of their trial which resumes tomorrow in Istanbul.
Taner Kılıç, Amnesty Turkey’s Honorary Chair, and İdil Eser, the organization’s former Turkey Director, are being tried alongside nine others on baseless allegations of “membership of a terrorist organisation”.
“After more than two years and without a shred of credible evidence presented to substantiate the absurd charges made against them, it is now time to end this judicial farce and acquit Taner and the Istanbul 10,” said Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.
“Over the course of eight hearings, the prosecuting authorities have failed to present any credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing, yet the threat of conviction has hung over these 11 human rights defenders but also as a warning to anyone else standing up for human rights in Turkey.”
Taner Kılıç spent more than 14 months in prison before his release on bail in August 2018. Eight of the Istanbul 10 spent almost four months each behind bars before they were bailed in October 2017.
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Turkey: Judicial farce must end with acquittal of human rights defenders
http://bianet.org/english/law/214173-11-human-rights-defenders-must-be-acquitted
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taner_Kılıç
https://www.amnesty.be/infos/actualites/article/turquie-kilic-eser-liberes (FRANCAIS)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taner_Kili%C3%A7 (FRANCAIS)
https://www.amnesty.it/processo-turchia-difensori-diritti-umani/ (ITALIANO)
https://www.birgun.net/haber/buyukada-davasi-27-kasim-a-ertelendi-271875 (TURKCE)
Tagged: Amnesty International, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey
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