Turkey ignores European human-rights court ruling
By EUOBSERVER
Turkey has refused to release jailed human rights defender Osman Kavala despite a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights. "In the face of Turkey's persistent and flagrant defiance of its obligation to implement the Kavala judgment, the Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey," said Aisling Reidy, senior legal adviser at Human Rights Watch, in a statement on Monday.
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