Turkish crackdown snares Amnesty International chair - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jun 13, 2017

Lawyer and human rights defender Taner Kilic, the chair of the board of Amnesty International’s Turkey section, speaks in this undated photo. — Amnesty International

Turkish gendarmes work outside the Silivri prison complex near Istanbul, Turkey, August 5, 2016. Picture taken August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - S1AETVXXECAB

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1F7DE4C8E0

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A portrait of rights group NGO Amnesty International's chairman in Turkey Taner Kilic is hung on June 6, 2018 on the fence of the historic French stock market building "Palais Brongniart" in Paris, to protest against Kilic's custody since a year for allegedly belonging to the movement led by an US-based Muslim preacher, whom Turkey accuses of ordering the 2016 coup bid. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP) (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)

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