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Istanbul, October 10, 2023 – The prosecution of the rights defender and businessman Osman Kavala and four codefendants in connection with mass (...)

The prosecution of the rights defender and businessman Osman Kavala and four co-defendants in connection with mass protests a decade ago has been unfair and essentially a political show trial from the beginning, a group of nine non-governmental organizations including Human Rights Watch said today, ahead of an urgent debate calling for Kavala’s release at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The five have been punished for the legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of e...

The prosecution of the rights defender and businessman Osman Kavala and four codefendants in connection with mass protests a decade ago has been unfair and essentially a political show trial from the beginning,  a group of nine non-governmental organizations including the International Commission of

Responding to the decision of Türkiye¬¬¬’s highest court to uphold a life sentence against Osman Kavala and 18-year jail sentences against Çiğdem Mater, Can Atalay, Mine Özerden and Tayfun Kahraman; Amnesty International’s Campaigns Director for Europe, Ruth Tanner, said: “This appalling decision is a devastating politically-motivated blow for human rights. Whilst it may effectively mark the end of the appeals process for Osman Kavala, it marks the beginning of a new phase of our ca...

The international community has decried his sentencing as a violation of human rights.

The Workers’ Party of Turkey held protests across the country urging the Turkish government to immediately release newly-elected MP Can Atalay, who was jailed for his role in demonstrations in 2013.

Bangladesh-Turkey Business Forum formed

Eleven Bangladeshi and six Turkish companies have come together to establish the new Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum (BTBF) at a meeting hosted by the Turkish embassy in Dhaka.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

Today, Amnesty International has taken the significant step of naming the defendants prisoners of conscience.