Question 2886 — foreign policy

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France has repeatedly expressed its serious concern regarding the situation of human rights defenders arrested this summer in Turkey, among whom the president and director of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International, Mr. Taner Kiliç and Ms. Idil Eser. Le consulate general of France in Istanbul were present at the first two hearings of the trial, on October 25 and November 22, 2017, thus marking the great vigilance of the authorities French on this issue. Ten of the eleven accused rights defenders have been on parole since the first hearing. France called in a press release for the rapid release of Mr. Taner Kiliç, still in detention, and reiterated its attachment to the right to a fair trial.

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