Turkey holds six rights activists on charges of aiding terror group

Amnesty International’s Turkey director among those ordered to remain in custody in case described as ‘travesty of justice’

A Turkish court has ordered six human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director, to remain in custody for aiding a terror group in a case the organisation called a “travesty of justice”.

Idil Eser, Amnesty’s Turkey director, was detained on 5 July along with seven other activists and two foreign trainers during a digital security and information management workshop on Buyukada, an island south of Istanbul.

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