Amnesty chair Kilic remanded in custody

The chairman of Amnesty International Turkey has been ordered to remain in custody by a Turkish court. Yesterday’s order came just hours after the rights group’s Turkey director and seven other human rights activists, including two foreign nationals, were released pending trial on bail in a separate case. A court in the western city of […]

The chairman of Amnesty International Turkey has been ordered to remain in custody by a Turkish court.

Yesterday’s order came just hours after the rights group’s Turkey director and seven other human rights activists, including two foreign nationals, were released pending trial on bail in a separate case.

A court in the western city of Izmir ruled that Taner Kilic should remain behind bars under pre-trial detention.

He is accused of having links to a group led by Fethullah Gulen, a US-based self-exiled religious leader who the government blames for last year’s coup attempt, a claim that Kilic and Amnesty Turkey strongly deny.