The European Union (EU) Turkey Delegation made a written statement and indicated that arrested human rights advocates in Turkey must be provided with the right to fair trial in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the precedents of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the basis of the principle of presumption of innocence.
The statement of the delegation mentioned that activists, journalists, MPs, judges, prosecutors and academics including Amnesty International Turkey Chairman and human rights activist/businessman Osman Kavala are still in prison; indicating that concrete and permanent developments on the supremacy of law, independent judiciary and basic rights carry vital significance regarding the development of the EU-Turkey relations.
08.06.2018
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