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Excerpts from Osman Kavala’s Defense Statement - 5 February 2021

Excerpts from the defense statement given by Osman Kavala on 5 February 2021 is now available.

5 February 2021

Statement by the Defense Counsels of Osman Kavala - 01/2021

These developments demonstrate the extent to which one can be hopeful about the new judicial reform package.

26 January 2021

'Osman Kavala' statement by 8 Human Rights Ambassadors

Ahead of today’s hearing, the Human Rights Ambassadors of eight European countries have released a joint statement and called on the authorities to implement the ECtHR judgments and immediately release arrested businessperson Kavala.

Bianet, 5 February 2021

Statement by Osman Kavala - 29 December 2020

Statement by Osman Kavala regarding the decision of the Constitutional Court of Turkey given on 29 December 2020

29 December 2020

Excerpts from Osman Kavala’s Defense Statement

Excerpts from the defense statement given by Osman Kavala on 18 December 2020 is now available.

18 December 2020

Submission by HRW, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project

Pursuant to Rule 9.2 of the Committee of Ministers’ Rules for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments, Additional Observations on the Implementation of Kavala v. Turkey (Application no. 28749/18) final judgment

3 November 2020

Statement by the General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

‘It is very shocking that Osman Kavala remains in detention’ says General Rapporteur.

2 November 2020

Statement by Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists

“The new case against Osman Kavala and Henri Barkey demonstrates the Turkish authorities’ flagrant misuse of the courts for political ends and their fundamental disregard for the basic principles of criminal justice,” said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at HRW.

HRW, 26 October 2020

Statement by POMED

It is time for the Turkish government to end this travesty. Turkey must urgently cease its shameful practice of political prosecutions and return to the rule of law as befits a NATO member.

POMED, 30 October 2020

Statement by the Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders

As human rights defenders, we repeat, “You cannot make Osman Kavala look guilty.” There is no evidence that will justify the investigation against Osman Kavala, let alone his deprivation of his
liberty for 1079 days.

14 October 2020

Press Conference - 12 October 2020

On October 12, 2020, an online press conference held regarding the said indictment where Osman Kavala’s wife, Prof. Ayşe Buğra, and Kavala’s defense counsels, Deniz Tolga Aytöre and Köksal Bayraktar, made a statement and answered the questions of journalists.

12 October 2020

Speech delivered by Prof. Ayşe Buğra on 12 October 2020

I have now begun to think that while we talk about universal legal norms and existing laws, there is no one left trying to explain to us that our situation is in conformity with these norms and laws. I have begun to think that no one even feels the need to lie to us anymore.

Ayşe Buğra, 12 October 2020

Statement by the Defense Counsels of Osman Kavala - 10.2020

The indictment in question does not contain the statutory elements listed under Article 170 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, does not contain anything other than “hypothetical fictional narratives” that are not based on concrete evidence, and does not have any legal value. 

9 October 2020

Istanbul court accepts absurd new indictment against Osman Kavala

Amnesty International’s Europe Director Nils Muiznieks said: "Kafkaesque is an overused cliché but in the case of Osman Kavala, it is chillingly apt."

Amnesty International, 9 October 2020

Legal report on Indictment: Turkey v Osman Kavala and others

Kevin Dent QC from the BHRC has had a thorough look at the indictment against Osman Kavala and others in the Gezi Park trial.

9 October 2020

  

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