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Diamars 12 Juli 2022

European court says Turkey not complying with Kavala ruling

ly release him became final in for allegedly aiding the at-
May 2020. tempt. Kavala has maintained Monday's ruling also ordered
his innocence. Turkey to pay Kavala 7,500
The Council of Europe euros ($7,600).
launched infringement pro- Human rights groups say Julia Hall at Amnesty Inter-
cedures against Turkey for Kavala, 64, was prosecuted national's Europe office said:
refusing to abide by its ruling. with flimsy evidence and that "This ruling shames Turkey's
Monday's ruling is the latest the case is politically moti- authorities."
step in the lengthy infringe- vated. Kavala is the founder
ment process by the Council of a nonprofit organization, Turkish President Recep
of Europe, the continent's Anadolu Kultur, which fo- Tayyip Erdogan has accused
foremost human rights or- cuses on cultural and artistic Kavala, of being the "Turkish
ganization, and could lead to projects promoting peace and branch" of billionaire U.S.
the suspension of Turkey's dialogue. philanthropist George Soros,
voting rights or membership whom the Turkish leader al-
in the 47-nation organiza- That verdict came after an- leges has been behind insur-
tion. other court acquitted Ka- rections in many countries.
(AP) — Europe's highest man Rights, based in Stras- vala in February 2020. He He has threatened to expel
court said Monday that bourg, ruled in 2019 that Tur- The civil rights activist was was expected to be released Western envoys for meddling
Turkey has failed to com- key violated Osman Kavala's sentenced to life in prison from prison where he was in Turkey's internal affairs.
ply with its ruling that a right to liberty, saying his de- without parole in April after held since October 2017 in
prominent Turkish phi- tention and trials against him the court found him guilty of pre-trial detention but was Erdogan has also dismissed
lanthropist be immediate- were used to silence him and attempting to overthrow the instead re-arrested on other the infringement process,
ly released from jail. in effect send a chilling mes- government with the mass charges. The European court saying Turkey would not
sage to civil society in Turkey. protests in 2013. Seven oth- said the new charges did not "recognize those who do not
The European Court of Hu- The judgment to immediate- ers were convicted and jailed contain any substantial facts. recognize our courts."

Spain's running of the bulls: 3 people gored at San Fermín

(AP) — A tense fifth bull ring and one on the street. The spectacle lasted just over
run at Pamplona's San Fer- None was in serious condi- three minutes as hundreds
mín Festival on Monday tion. of runners, mostly men, ran
left three people gored, frantically ahead and along-
including one American, Earlier festival organizers had side six fighting bulls as they
and three others with said erroneously that the for- charged through the cobble-
bruises, the Navarra re- eigner gored in the ring was stone streets of this northern
gional government said. Australian. city. The run finishes at Pam-
plona's bullring, where later
It was the first run with gor- Three other runners, all in the day the bulls are killed
ings in the festival so far this Spaniards, were treated for by professional bullfighters.
year. There are three more injuries sustained in falls
daily runs before the festival during the run. Tens of thousands of visi-
ends Thursday. Television images showed tors come to the Pamplona
one bull repeatedly toss- festival, which was featured
The regional government ing and butting one runner in Ernest Hemingway's 1926
said a 25-year-old runner against the wooden barriers novel "The Sun Also Rises."
from Sunrise, Florida, was on the edge of the ring and The adrenaline rush of the Eight people were gored in Sixteen people have died in
gored in the calf in the bull- then goring another in the morning bull run is followed 2019, the last festival before Pamplona's bull runs since
ring. The other two gored back of the leg. by partying throughout the a two-year hiatus because of 1910, with the last death in
were Spaniards, one in the day and night. the COVID-19 pandemic. 2009.

London's Heathrow airport apologizes for travel disruptions

(AP) — London's Heath- from their summer sched- times in recent weeks, with because of a technical glitch can operate without disrup-
row Airport apologized ules to reduce the strain if long lines for security, delays in the baggage system. tion over the summer. Brit-
Monday to passengers the chaos persists. helping passengers with re- ish Airways has cut 11% of
whose travels were dis- duced mobility, and luggage Compounding the problem, its flights between April and
rupted by staff shortages Heathrow, Britain's busiest going missing or arriving late. Heathrow said the punctual- October to avoid canceling
and warned it may ask air- airport, said service levels "We want to apologize to any ity of arriving flights is "very flights on the day of depar-
lines to cut more flights have been unacceptable at passengers who have been low" because of delays at oth- ture.
affected by this," the airport er airports and airspace con- Heathrow CEO John Hol-
said in a monthly traffic up- gestion across Europe. land-Kaye said the airport
date. Heathrow said it started re- will review the airlines' pro-
cruiting in November in an- posed cuts "and will ask them
Booming demand for sum- ticipation of this summer's to take further action if nec-
mer travel after two years of recovery in travel demand essary."
COVID-19 travel restric- and expects security staffing
tions have swamped air- will be back to pre-pandemic Underlining Heathrow's
lines and airports in Europe, levels by the end of July. It woes, the airport said in a
which have been left short- also has reopened Terminal separate statement that it or-
handed after laying off many 4 to give passengers more dered airlines operating in
pilots, cabin crew, check-in space. Terminals 3 and 5 to cancel
staff, ground crew and bag- U.K. airlines have been 61 flights Monday because it
gage handlers. slashing their summer flight was expecting more passen-
At Heathrow, unclaimed lug- schedules after authorities gers there than it has capacity
gage has piled up in arrivals ordered them to ensure they to serve.