Rights Defender's Long Sentence Shows Turkey's Authoritarian Path
November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Officially the verdict handed down on September 28 against the human rights defender Osman Kavala and four others was reached by Turkey's top court of appeal. However it was pronounced well in advance, in speech after speech, by the country's president.
The verdict is a horrifying demonstration of the autocratic path Turkey has taken under the Erdogan presidency. Kavala faces a sentence of life i . . .
Officially the verdict handed down on September 28 against the human rights defender Osman Kavala and four others was reached by Turkey's top court of appeal. However it was pronounced well in advance, in speech after speech, by the country's president.
The verdict is a horrifying demonstration of the autocratic path Turkey has taken under the Erdogan presidency. Kavala faces a sentence of life i . . .