An empty chair in the heart of an ultra-secure court.
To an absurd trial, a symbolic response: this Friday, November 26, Osman Kavala was not at the hearing at the courthouse in the Çaglayan district in Istanbul.
His way, blows one of his relatives, of protesting against his arbitrary detention which has lasted for more than four years: "
What is the point of continuing to endorse this parody of justice?"
This trial has nothing to do with justice.
This trial is the story of a Turkish citizen taken hostage by President Erdogan! ”
It was therefore in his absence that the court decided to keep Osman Kavala in prison until a new hearing scheduled for January 17.
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