Human Rights Defender Released in Turkey
(17.04.2012) Prisoner of conscience Halil Savda has been conditionally released from prison in eastern Turkey. He was released under new amendments to the law on the execution of sentences that make it possible for prisoners with less than a year of their sentence remaining to be conditionally released under supervision. Halil Savda has received around 500 cards and letters while in prison. He said that these boosted his morale tremendously. He would like to thank all those who wrote to him.