The shocking news that Amnesty International – Turkey‘s Chairperson, Taner Kiliç, was detained in this week as part of Turkey’s on-going purge of the Gulen Movement has resulted in worldwide condemnation.  He remains in custody today.

Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said:

The fact that Turkey’s post-coup purge has now dragged the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey into its web is further proof of just how far it has gone and just how arbitrary it has become. Taner Kiliç has a long and distinguished record of defending exactly the kind of freedoms that the Turkish authorities are now intent on trampling.

In the absence of credible and admissible evidence of their involvement in internationally recognized crimes, we are calling on the Turkish authorities to immediately release Taner Kiliç along with the other 22 lawyers, and drop all charges against them.

You can lend your voice to the call for Taner’s freedom by taking action here