by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Amnesty International’s (AI) honorary chair in Turkey Taner Kılıç was released on Wednesday pending trial after a monthly review of his imprisonment by the İstanbul 35thHigh Criminal Court, the T24 news website reported. “The release pending trial was ordered after...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the fourth hearing of the trial of 11 human rights activists. Some of the activists, who were taken into police...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 2, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Rebecca Harms, together with other members of the European Parliament and the EP-Turkey Forum, on Thursday criticized the re-arrest of Taner Kılıç, chairman of the board of Amnesty International Turkey, by a Turkish court, calling it “a travesty of justice.” The...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Amnesty International’s Turkey chair Taner Kilic has been denied release from prison after the prosecutor in charge objected to an earlier court order to set him free. A Turkish court ordered Kilic’s conditional release during a hearing early Wednesday. While his...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) has called for the release of Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey chair Taner Kilic, under arrest for more than 7 months now. In a written statement issued a day before Kilic’s court appearance on Jan 31, PACE’s...
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