Turkey issues new arrest warrant for rights defender Kavala

AFP  |  Istanbul 

Istanbul prosecutors Tuesday issued a new arrest warrant for rights defender Osman Kavala as part of a separate investigation into a failed 2016 coup, the official Anadolu agency reported.

The new warrant comes after Kavala and other eight defendants were acquitted in a highly controversial trial over the anti-government "Gezi Park" protests of 2013.

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First Published: Wed, February 19 2020. 01:00 IST