Following the recent convictions of four Turkish human rights activists in the so-called Büyükada trial (see EUROPE B12521A32), three rapporteurs from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe issued a joint statement on Thursday 9 July.
Alexandra Louis (Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats, France), the rapporteur on the status of human rights activists in Member States, said she was “shocked by the heavy prison sentences” handed down for “charges related to...