Dutch Parliament decision on Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtaş

The Dutch Parliament has adopted a motion conditioning the EU's update of the Customs Union with Turkey on the implementation of ECHR rulings for the release of Kavala and Demirtaş.

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Dutch Parliament decision on Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtaş

The Dutch Parliament has approved a decision conditioning the modernization of the European Union's Customs Union agreement with Turkey on the implementation of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings regarding the release of former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş and businessman Osman Kavala.

'BLOCK' CALL

The joint motion by Dutch MP Kati Piri, a former EU rapporteur for Turkey, and İsa Kahraman, the first Syriac MP in the Dutch Parliament, called for the Netherlands to block the discussion of the Customs Union modernization with Turkey in the EU unless Demirtaş and Kavala are released.

Kati Piri announced the decision on her X account with the message: "No modernization of the customs union with Turkey is possible without the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights' decisions regarding the immediate release of Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtaş."

No modernization of customs union with Turkey until the verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights on the immediate release of Osman Kavala and Selahattin Demirtas are implemented.

Dutch parliament just adopted my motion with @isakahraman ahead of EU Council. pic.twitter.com/1lFLjN2u1y
— Kati Piri (@KatiPiri) April 17, 2024