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US, France slam detention of leading Turkish activist Osman Kavala
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has said the arrest of the prominent activist and businessman Osman Kavala was an example of a “very alarming trend” of the detention of civil society leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, academics and…
“We have expressed to the Turkish government our concerns on many occasions about this trend … It remains a major concern of ours,” Nauert told reporters in Washington on…
The French Foreign Ministry also stated on Oct. 19 that it was “worried” by the detention of Kavala, describing him as “one of the most important and…