Turkey convicts 4 human rights activists of terror charges

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has convicted Amnesty International’s former Turkey chairman Taner Kilic of membership in a terror organization and sentenced him to more than six years in prison. The court on Friday also convicted three other human rights activists of charges of aiding a terror group, sentencing them to one year and one month each. Seven other activists were acquitted. Their trial heightened concerns about Turkey’s treatment of human rights defenders and helped