Turkey: Activist Osman Kavala completes 1,000 days in prison
29 July 2020 |
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Civil society groups worldwide are calling on Turkey to release prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala who has spent 1,000 days in jail without ever being convicted of a crime.
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