ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court ruled to keep renowned Turkish activist and businessman Osman Kavala behind bars in solitary confinement on Friday in the high-profile second trial of Kavala and Turkish-American academic Henri Barkey. The ambassadors also urged Ankara to implement binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). “The continued imprisonment of Osman Kavala in Turkey is politically motivated and goes against judgments of the European Court of Human Rights,” Barbel Kofler, German human rights commissioner, tweeted. The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers will resume its examination of Kavala’s case in March 2021. ECHR found that article 18 of the European Convention of Human Rights was violated through Kavala’s arrest.

Source: Libya Today February 05, 2021 23:03 UTC