Responding
to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey,
was detained on Wednesday along with seven other human rights
defenders and two trainers during a digital security and information
management workshop in Büyükada, Istanbul, Salil Shetty, Amnesty
International’s Secretary General, said:
“We
are profoundly disturbed and outraged that some of Turkey’s leading
human rights defenders, including the Director of Amnesty
International Turkey should have been detained so blatantly without
cause.”
“This
is a grotesque abuse of power and highlights the precarious situation
facing human rights activists in the country. Idil Eser and those
detained with her, must be immediately and unconditionally released.”
[...]
The
whereabouts of Idil Eser and the others detained alongside her, are
currently unknown. Idil Eser and the other detainees, are understood
to have been denied access to lawyers, which police are entitled to
do for 24 hours, and the right to contact a family member, which must
be granted immediately.
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