Turkey

The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights has urged Turkish authorities to uphold the right to freedom of assembly and expression as major protests continue across the country. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in protests following the arrest and detention of Ekrem Ä°mamoÄ

The Council of Europe has told Turkey it is going to refer the case of imprisoned philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Mr Kavala has been in jail in Turkey since November 2017, having been arrested, acquitted and re-arrested a number of times.

Turkish human rights lawyer Eren Keskin has been sentenced to more than six years' imprisonment for terror offences. Ms Keskin, who co-chairs the Ankara-based NGO the Human Rights Association (Ä°HD), was one of four defendants in a case concerning Özgür Gündem, a daily newspaper which