A Turkish court ignored the binding ruling by the European Court of Human Rights calling for the release of human rights activist Osman Kavala, and instead decided he should remain in jail.

Kavala has been in detention for two years for "attempting to overthrow the government", in particular, for financing the 2013 Gezi Park violent protests of civil disobedience against the authoritarian regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Out of 16 defendants, Kavala is the only one still b...