欧洲人权法院周二裁定，土耳其必须立即释放现年68岁的活动人士兼慈善家奥斯曼·卡瓦拉，其自2017年10月起被羁押，已被关押近十年 1。法院认定，对卡瓦拉的持续羁押违法且侵犯其公平审判、言论与结社自由，其被判处的终身监禁构成了“不人道和有辱人格的待遇” 1。法院称，针对卡瓦拉的措施“主要出于隐秘目的，即惩罚其在盖齐公园示威中的角色及其作为人权捍卫者表达的意见，并使其噤声” 1。
卡瓦拉于2022年4月因2013年盖齐公园抗议及2016年未遂政变相关指控被判处终身监禁，其本人及人权组织长期指称指控具有政治动机 1。卡瓦拉2020年2月曾被判无罪，但数小时内因2016年未遂政变新指控被重新逮捕，其无罪判决于2021年1月被推翻 1。土耳其曾于2019年被要求立即释放卡瓦拉但未执行，此前已拒绝遵守欧洲人权法院关于卡瓦拉案的两项裁决，是否遵守本次第三项具有约束力的裁决尚不明确 1。
欧洲人权法院指出，土耳其存在涉及“拘留和起诉政治对手、人权捍卫者和记者”的“系统性问题” 1。欧洲委员会部长委员会9月中旬的会议可能优先讨论卡瓦拉案，欧洲委员会有权冻结严重违反法治的成员国的成员资格或暂停其投票权 1。
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey must immediately release 68-year-old activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been detained since October 2017 1. The court determined that his continued detention is unlawful and violates his rights to a fair trial, freedom of expression, and freedom of association 1. Kavala was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2022 over charges related to the 2013 Gezi Park protests and the 2016 failed coup 1. Furthermore, the ECHR concluded that this life sentence amounts to "inhuman and degrading treatment" 1.
In its ruling, the Strasbourg-based court stated that the measures against Kavala "pursued an ulterior purpose, namely to punish his role in the Gezi Park protests and his expressed opinions as a human rights defender, and to silence him" 1. Kavala and human rights organizations have long argued that the charges against him are politically motivated 1. The ECHR also highlighted a "systemic problem" in Turkey regarding "the detention and prosecution of political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists" 1.
Kavala was initially acquitted in February 2020 but was rearrested within hours on new charges related to the 2016 failed coup, and his acquittal was later overturned in January 2021 1. Turkey has previously refused to comply with two ECHR rulings concerning Kavala's case, including a 2019 order for his immediate release, and it remains unclear whether the country will comply with this third binding ruling 1. Consequently, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may prioritize the Kavala case at its mid-September meeting, with the Council holding the power to freeze the membership or suspend the voting rights of member states that seriously violate the rule of law 1.
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