Salil Shetty

Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty on Sept. 9 visited the organization's Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on "terrorism" charges two months ago along with seven other activists, being held in Istanbul's Silivri prison.

The secretary general of Amnesty International has visited the rights group's jailed Turkey director and called for her release, along with seven other activists being held in pre-trial detention for allegedly aiding a terror group. Salil Shetty told reporters on Sept. 9 outside a prison on the outskirts of Istanbul that Amnesty's Idil Eser was doing well.

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty on Sept. 6 was not permitted to visit the organization's Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on "terrorism" charges two months ago.

During his visit to Turkey, Shetty applied for authorization to visit to Eser in Istanbul's Silivri Prison but he was not received at the prosecutor's office at the prison.

Police detained 10 human rights activists on July 5, including the Turkey head of Amnesty International, İdil Eser, at a meeting on an island off Istanbul.

The activists had gathered at a hotel on Büyükada, one of the Princes' Islands in the Marmara Sea, where they were organizing a "digital security and information management workshop," according to Amnesty International.

Police have detained 12 human rights activists, including the Turkey head of Amnesty International, İdil Eser, at a meeting on an island near Istanbul.

They had gathered at a hotel on Büyükada island in the Marmara Sea when they were taken to a police station on July 5. It was not clear why they were being held and they had not been given access to lawyers.

Police have detained 12 people, including the Turkey head of Amnesty International, İdil Eser, at a meeting on an island near Istanbul.

They had gathered at a hotel on Büyükada island in the Marmara Sea when they were taken to a police station on July 5. It was not clear why they were being held and they had not been given access to lawyers.

A Turkish court has formally arrested Amnesty International's chairman in the country pending trial on charges of "membership in a terror organization."

Ten countries accounting for 2.5 percent of world GDP are hosting more than half the world's refugees, Amnesty International said on Tuesday as it slammed what it called the selfishness of wealthy nations.

Europe has turned a blind eye to human rights problems inside Turkey to tackle the global refugee crisis, Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty has said on the sidelines of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul.

The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure recorded since 1989, Amnesty International said on April 6.
 
The surge was largely fuelled by Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the London-based human rights organisation said in its annual report on death sentences and executions worldwide.