1/. EU Leaders @CharlesMichel & @vonderleyen are meeting #Turkey’s President Erdoğan today
This comes as it was revealed that the prosecutor in the trial of @amnesty’s honorary Turkey Chair, #TanerKilic, has requested that the court uphold his conviction ahvalnews.com/eu-turkey/eu-l…
This comes as it was revealed that the prosecutor in the trial of @amnesty’s honorary Turkey Chair, #TanerKilic, has requested that the court uphold his conviction ahvalnews.com/eu-turkey/eu-l…
2/. If the court upholds #TanerKilic’s conviction, he’ll be taken back to jail to serve the rest of his 6yr jail term
He’s already been behind bars for 1+ years
This despite the fact not a SHREAD of evidence has been produced of any criminal wrong doing.
He’s already been behind bars for 1+ years
This despite the fact not a SHREAD of evidence has been produced of any criminal wrong doing.
3/. "We’re responsible not only for what we say but what we fail to say by staying silent"
In 2018 when #TanerKilic was in jail, @snowden joined 2m people to demand his release
They included @aiww @itspetergabriel @OfficialSting @BiancaJagger @DavidLammy
In 2018 when #TanerKilic was in jail, @snowden joined 2m people to demand his release
They included @aiww @itspetergabriel @OfficialSting @BiancaJagger @DavidLammy
4/. Following the meeting btw Erdogan, @vonderleyen & @CharlesMichel, the EU’s top officials said they’d urged #Turkey to respect intnl standards (was #TanerKilic mentioned?) & expressed concern about the country’s withdrawal from the #IstanbulConvention on violence against women
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1375012876814061568
5/. “When human rights defenders are silenced, all our rights are put at risk.”
Whilst we’ll never know exactly what @vonderleyen said to Erdogan in today’s meeting, we hope she raised the unjust & politically-motivated prosecution of @amnesty Turkey honorary chair, #TanerKılıç
Whilst we’ll never know exactly what @vonderleyen said to Erdogan in today’s meeting, we hope she raised the unjust & politically-motivated prosecution of @amnesty Turkey honorary chair, #TanerKılıç
6/. “It feels like a bad dream from which I can’t to wake up”
I met Gulhnihal, #TanerKilic’s daughter, outside the Istanbul courtroom where her father was convicted - without evidence - of “membership of a terrorist organisation”
The nightmare continues.
I met Gulhnihal, #TanerKilic’s daughter, outside the Istanbul courtroom where her father was convicted - without evidence - of “membership of a terrorist organisation”
The nightmare continues.
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