Turkish prosecutors are demanding up to 15 years in jail for human rights activists detained in a raid on a workshop led by Amnesty International in July.<br /><br />The accused were held after attending a workshop on digital security on an island off Istanbul. Eight of them have been held since then, accused of being members of and aiding an “armed terrorist organization”.<br /><br />The accused include the director of Amnesty International Turkey Idil Eser.<br /><br />Amnesty has condemned the indictment as a tawdry patchwork of innuendo and untruths and a damning indictment of theflaws in Turkey’s justice system.<br /><br />Tens of thousands of people have been arrested in Turkey in the wake of last year’s coup attempt, sparking international concerns about democracy and free speech under c President Erdogan.<br />
