A European governmental body has condemned the decision by Turkey’s Supreme Court to confirm the aggravated life sentence for activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala.
FILE - Turksih philantropist Osman Kavala is photographed in Istanbul on April 29, 2015. A European human rights organization on Saturday Sept. 30, 2023, condemned the decision by Turkey's Supreme Court to confirm the aggravated life sentence for activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala.
Kavala, 65, has been jailed in Silivri prison, on the outskirts of Istanbul, since he was detained in 2017. Western governments and rights groups quickly condemned the court ruling at the time. Human rights groups said that Kavala was prosecuted with flimsy evidence and that the case was politically motivated.
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