2564

Constitutional Court rejects Osman Kavala’s application

The General Assembly of the Constitutional Court has concluded that arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala’s right to personal liberty and security has not been violated.

Bianet, 29 December 2020

Turkish court rules jailing of top rights defender lawful

Amnesty International's senior Turkey campaigner Milena Buyum called it "a shameful day that brings a dark cloud over Turkey's beleaguered judiciary and highlights its lack of independence".

Bangkok Post, 29 December 2020

PEN Ukraine sends a letter of solidarity to Osman Kavala

In his letter addressed to Kavala, novelist Andrey Kurkov says, “Your entire situation seems to me so surreal that, if I did not know that it was your reality, I would assume it was a story by Orwell. Maybe with the help of Kafka…”

Bianet, 16 November 2020

A message from Osman Kavala on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 2020

Literature, as well as enhancing and developing our thinking, also allows us to enter other people’s worlds and in turn literature increases our feelings of empathy. We need this capacity for empathy in order to internalize legal norms.

15 November 2020

Şirin Payzın's Interview with Osman Kavala

The English translation of Şirin Payzın's interview with Osman Kavala published in T24 on 15 November 2020.

T24, 15 November 2020

Prosecutor who penned 2nd Kavala indictment promoted as deputy justice minister

President Erdoğan appointed the prosecutor who prepared Kavala’s indictment to the post of Deputy Justice Minister. The appointment came within seven days of the indictment’s preparation, and removed the prior appointee by presidential decree.

DuvarEnglish, 18 October 2020

The Kavala indictment and QAnon

The second indictment against Osman Kavala is not just a document to keep him in jail: it is a document that shows us the paradigm that is holding Turkey captive. One might think that the indictment could have been written by QAnon supporters or flat earthers.

Nevşin Mengü, 12 October 2020

Osman Kavala’s wife Ayşe Buğra says they’re dealing with torture

"I think my situation and that of my husband’s mother should concern the women representatives of all political parties,” Buğra said.

DuvarEnglish, 13 October 2020

Attorneys: Indictment against Osman Kavala nothing more than 'hypothetical fiction'

By "concealing" the verdict of acquittal and provisions and evidence in favor of the defendants, the prosecutor failed to perform his duty, according to the attorneys.

Bianet, 9 October 2020

Constitutional Court postpones reviewing Osman Kavala’s application

The Constitutional Court has postponed its session where the individual application of arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala will be reviewed. Kavala previously applied to court on the grounds that “his arrest was not legal.”

Bianet, 29 September 2020

Wife of Osman Kavala calls for his release over health concerns

Ayse Bugra tells MEE that her husband faces serious mental and physical health risks after spending more than 1,000 days in jail.

MEE, 28 August 2020

Activist Osman Kavala completes 1,000 days in prison

Civil society groups worldwide are calling on Turkey to release prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala who has spent 1,000 days in jail without ever being convicted of a crime.

DW, 28 July 2020

‘It is simply incomprehensible why Osman Kavala is still behind bars’

Bärbel Kofler from Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement on the 1,000th day of businessperson and rights defender Kavala’s arrest: “I look with increasing concern at the status of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms in Turkey.”

Bianet, 27 July 2020

A thousand words for Osman Kavala: Conscience and conscientious

Friends and loved ones of Osman Kavala have answered the question, “Which word would you use to describe him?” The most frequent answers are: “Conscience and conscientious”, “modest and modesty”, “good and goodness” and “human.”

Bianet, 27 July 2020

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala marks 1000th day in jail

Despite the European Court of Human Rights' order for his release, Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala remains imprisoned in Turkey on what supporters call politically motivated charges.

Al-Monitor, 27 July 2020

  

Contact: [email protected]