German and French government officials have called upon Turkey to release prominent human rights activist Osman Kavala immediately, who had been behind bars since October 2017 on what many people believe to be politically motivated accusations.
Bärbel Kofler, the federal government’s commissioner for human rights policy and humanitarian aid at the Federal Foreign Office, and French Ambassador for Human Rights Delphine Borione issued a joint statement on Wednesday regarding the retrial of Kavala and his co-defendants, which is set to begin on May…