Council of Europe urges Turkey to immediately release Demirtas
[AP]
Rights watchdog the Council of Europe strongly urged Turkish authorities to ensure the immediate release of opposition Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, it said in a statement on Friday.
Demirtas, the former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been jailed pending trial since November 2016 on terrorism-related charges. [Reuters]
