ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered that six human rights activists including Amnesty International’s Turkey director remain in custody for aiding a terror group, in a case the NGO called a “travesty of justice.”

Turkey director Idil Eser was detained on July 5 along with seven other activists and two foreign trainers during a digital security and information management workshop on Buyukada, an island south of Istanbul.

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