Former Minister of Justice and Association to Support Contemporary Life Chairwoman Aysel Çelikel, Hrant Dink Foundation Chairwoman Rakel Dink, former Boğaziçi University rectors Üstün ergüder and Ayşe Soysal, former Istanbul Bar Association Chairmen Turgut Kazan and Yücel Sayman, as well as former diplomat Murat Özçelik called for the release of Anadolu Culture Executive Board Chairman, human rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala, who is arrested since 1 November 2017.
“We are witnesses of Kavala’s respectable, humble and democratic personality and life,” said the signatories. They pointed out that Kavala is being kept in prison for six months and that it is obligatory to have very strong evidence to deprive one of freedom this long. “Either a serious indictment must be prepared, or Osman Kavala must be released,” said the campaigners.
21.05.2018
bianet.org