European rights court orders Turkey to free imprisoned businessman
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The court said Kavala's case had exposed a "systemic problem" in Turkey The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to immediately release Osman Kavala, an activist and philanthropist who has been detained in prison for almost a decade.
法院表示，卡瓦拉的案件暴露了土耳其的一个"系统性问题" 欧洲人权法院（ECHR）已命令土耳其立即释放被关押近十年的活动家和慈善家奥斯曼·卡瓦拉。
Kavala was sentenced to life behind bars in 2022 for charges related to nationwide protests in 2013 and a failed coup attempt three years later.
卡瓦拉因2013年全国抗议及三年后未遂政变相关的指控，于2022年被判终身监禁。
Since his initial arrest and detention in 2017, rights groups and Kavala himself have maintained that the charges against him are politically motivated.
自2017年首次被捕和拘留以来，人权组织和卡瓦拉本人一直坚持认为对他的指控具有政治动机。
The ECHR on Tuesday ruled that his continued detention was unlawful and that his rights to a fair trial, freedom of expression and association had been violated.
欧洲人权法院周二裁定，他的继续拘留是非法的，他享有公正审判、言论自由和结社自由的权利遭到侵犯。
"The measures taken against the applicant... had been predominantly motivated by an ulterior purpose, namely, to punish him for his role in the Gezi Park demonstrations and for expressing his opinions as a human rights defender, and to silence him," the court said in its ruling, external.
法院在裁决中表示："对申请人采取的措施......主要出于不可告人的目的，即惩罚他在盖济公园示威中的角色以及作为人权捍卫者表达观点，并让他噤声，"法院在裁决中表示。
The court also found that Kavala's aggravated life sentence amounted to "inhuman and degrading treatment".
法院还认定卡瓦拉的加重终身监禁构成"不人道且有辱人格的待遇"。
Rights advocates and opposition groups say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has increasingly weaponised the judiciary to target critics and rivals.
人权倡导者和反对派团体表示，总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安的政府越来越多地将司法武器化，以针对批评者和对手。
The court said Kavala's case had exposed a "systemic problem" in Turkey of the "detention and prosecution of political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists", adding that there were "structural shortcomings which affected the guarantees of independence and impartiality of the judiciary".
法院表示，卡瓦拉案暴露了土耳其"对政治反对派、人权捍卫者和记者的拘留和起诉"系统性问题"，并补充说存在"结构性缺陷，影响了司法独立性和公正性的保障"。
The Turkish government has insisted the country's courts are independent.
土耳其政府坚称该国法院是独立的。
Turkish activist sentenced to life in prison The case that set Turkey on collision course with the West Kavala, 68, became a symbol of a government crackdown on civil society in Turkey following his arrest in October 2017.
土耳其活动家被判终身监禁 这起案件让土耳其与西方发生冲突 68岁的卡瓦拉在2017年10月被捕后，成为土耳其政府对民间社会打压的象征。
He and others were accused of orchestrating and financing anti-government protests in 2013, which started in Istanbul's Gezi park before spreading across Turkey.
他和其他人被指控策划并资助2013年的反政府抗议活动，该抗议始于伊斯坦布尔的盖济公园，随后蔓延至土耳其各地。
The demonstrations posed the first serious challenge to the rule of Erdogan, who was Turkey's dominant prime minister at the time and became its directly elected president the following year.
示威活动对埃尔多安的统治构成了第一次严重挑战，埃尔多安当时是土耳其的主要总理，并在次年成为其直接选举的总统。
Human rights group Amnesty International says prosecutors falsely alleged that the Gezi park protests were an attempt to overthrow the government.
人权组织大赦国际表示，检察官虚假指控盖济公园抗议是推翻政府的企图。
In 2019, the ECHR demanded Kavala's immediate release, describing his detention as arbitrary and politically motivated.
2019年，欧洲人权法院要求立即释放卡瓦拉，称其拘留是武断且带有政治动机的。
Turkey did not implement the ruling.
土耳其未执行该裁决。
He was initially acquitted in February 2020 but within hours was rearrested on new charges of being part of a failed military coup in 2016.
他最初于2020年2月被判无罪，但数小时内又因参与2016年未遂军事政变的新指控再次被捕。
His acquittal over the Gezi Park protests was overturned in January 2021, and he was sentenced to life in prison in April 2022 - a conviction now declared "null and void" by the ECHR. Reacting to the latest ECHR ruling, Amnesty International's Eve Geddie said: "This obstruction of justice must end.
他在盖济公园抗议事件中的无罪判决于2021年1月被推翻，2022年4月被判终身监禁——该定罪现已被欧洲人权法院宣布"无效"。 针对欧洲人权法院最新裁决，国际特赦组织的伊芙·盖迪表示："这种妨碍司法必须结束。
Turkey's authorities, including judicial and prosecutorial, must act to free Osman Kavala immediately and unconditionally."
土耳其当局，包括司法和检察机关，必须立即且无条件释放奥斯曼·卡瓦拉。"
Kavala was born in Paris and educated in the UK.
卡瓦拉出生于巴黎，在英国接受教育。
Before being thrust to prominence, he ran a cultural centre. Erdogan has previously accused Kavala of being an agent of the Hungarian-born US billionaire George Soros.
在成名之前，他经营着一个文化中心。 埃尔多安此前曾指控卡瓦拉是匈牙利裔美国亿万富翁乔治·索罗斯的代理人。
Turkey has refused to comply with the two previous ECHR rulings on Kavala's case, and it is not clear whether Ankara will implement the court's third binding ruling. The case remains one of the most serious recent flashpoints between Ankara and Strasbourg.
土耳其拒绝遵守此前两次欧洲人权法院对卡瓦拉案的裁决，目前尚不清楚安卡拉是否会执行法院的第三项具有约束力的裁决。 此案至今仍是安卡拉与斯特拉斯堡之间近期最严重的争议点之一。
The Council of Europe oversees how its 46 member states execute ECHR rulings.
欧洲委员会负责监督其46个成员国如何执行欧洲人权法院的裁决。
It has the power to freeze a country's membership or suspend its voting rights if it is found to have seriously violated the rule of law.
如果发现该国严重违反法治，它有权冻结其成员资格或暂停其投票权。
Even though Turkey has failed to comply with several key ECHR decisions, it remains a founding member, engages with the system and has not broken ties.
尽管土耳其未能遵守欧洲人权法院的若干关键决定，但它仍是创始成员，积极参与该体系，且未断绝关系。
A meeting of the Committee of Ministers in mid-September is likely to prioritise the Kavala case, but it remains to be seen whether it will debate harsh punitive measures.
部长委员会会议预计将在九月中旬优先处理卡瓦拉案，但是否会讨论严厉惩罚措施尚待观察。
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