Türkiye: Politically-motivated prosecution of Istanbul mayor raises serious fair trial concerns

Ahead of the first hearing in the trial of Istanbul Mayor and presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and 406 other defendants on charges including bribery and extortion, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty’s Deputy Director for Europe, said: “After almost a year behind bars in pretrial detention, Ekrem...

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