Human Rights Watch: Turkiye - European Court Orders Rights Defender's Immediate Release
August 26, 2026
August 26, 2026
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news:
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Turkiye: European Court Orders Rights Defender's Immediate Release
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(London, August 25, 2026) - The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Osman Kavala, the human rights defender and civil society leader unlawfully imprisoned in Turkiye since November 2017. The court ruled that . . .
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Turkiye: European Court Orders Rights Defender's Immediate Release
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(London, August 25, 2026) - The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Osman Kavala, the human rights defender and civil society leader unlawfully imprisoned in Turkiye since November 2017. The court ruled that . . .