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The Strasbourg-based court has ruled the prominent businessman and activist was detained in order to silence him. Kavala has been put on trial for attempting to overthrow the government.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday told Turkey to release philanthropist and human rights activist Osman Kavala.
The 62-year-old was arrested in November 2017 and accused of organizing anti-government protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park four years earlier.
The ECHR cited a "lack of reasonable suspicion that the applicant had committed an offense" in its ruling.
The court said Turkey must now "take every measure to put an end to the applicant's detention and to secure his immediate release."
Source: DW
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