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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11601

27 July 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 21
NEWS BRIEFS / (ae) turkey

26/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU welcomes release of human rights activist. On Monday 25 July, the Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, welcomed the release of the Turkish human rights activist and journalist, Orhan Kemal Cengiz. The latter was arrested at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul on 21 July, just before he was supposed to fly to London for a conference. He was released on 24 July. Hahn also wanted the travel ban imposed on Cengiz to be lifted and speaking on...