The ECHR in Strasbourg found in December that the Turkish courts had held him without reason.
“His detention was intended to reduce him to silence as a human rights defender, to dissuade others from engaging in such activities and to paralyze civil society.”
Acquitted in February in one trial, Osman Kavala was rearrested before he could even walk free. Now he faces indefinite jail time.
Ahmet Ünal Çeviköz 