Osman Kavala awarded Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize
The PACE has announced that Osman Kavala has been deemed worthy of this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize.
Gezi prisoner Osman Kavala has been awarded the 2023 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
According to a report by Euronews; the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced that Kavala was selected for this year's award from a shortlist of three candidates. As of October 9, 2023, Kavala has been in prison for 2169 days.
AGGRAVATED LIFE SENTENCE UPHELD
On September 28, 2023, the Court of Cassation upheld the aggravated life sentence for Osman Kavala, and the 18-year prison sentences for Can Atalay, Tayfun Kahraman, Mine Özerden, and Çiğdem Mater Utku. The 18-year prison sentences given to Ali Hakan Altınay, Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi, and Ayşe Mücella Yapıcı were overturned.
The 5-member award committee, which met in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, in September, had included Kavala in the three-person shortlist alongside Polish human and women's rights activist Justyna Wydrzynska and Ukrainian human rights defender Yevgeniy Zakharov.
The Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize has been awarded annually since 2013 by the PACE, the Vaclav Havel Library, and the Charta 77 Foundation, a civil initiative platform in the Czech Republic, to prominent figures working for the development of human rights and civil society in Europe.
The award recipient is also granted 60 thousand Euros.
INFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS HAD BEEN INITIATED AGAINST TURKEY
In its previous rulings, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) stated that Kavala, who was found guilty in the Gezi trial, was unjustly convicted and ruled that Turkey had committed human rights violations.
Following Turkey's failure to release Kavala despite the ECHR ruling, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe had initiated "infringement proceedings" against Turkey.
News Source: 12punto
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