U.S. deplores Turkey's re
Taner Kilic
Taner Kilic  was one of 11 human rights activists arrested last year on what Amnesty International has said were âbogus terrorism charges.â  He  is the only one of the 11 still jailed after eight months in detention  the rights group said.
 Kilic  was conditionally released last week  but the prosecution successfully appealed the decision and  he  was re-arrested before  he  had even arrived home  Amnesty said in a statement.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a briefing the United States was âdeeply troubledâ by  Kilic âs re-arrest on Feb. 1.
She said Washington was closely following  Kilic âs case  as well as those against other human rights defenders  journalists  civil society leaders and opposition politicians detained in the state of emergency that followed a failed coup against President Tayyip Erdogan on July 15  2016.
[TGT] was one of 11 human rights activists arrested last year on what Amnesty International has said were âbogus terrorism charges.â   [TGT]   is the only one of the 11 still jailed after eight months in detention  the rights group said.
  [TGT] was conditionally released last week  but the prosecution successfully appealed the decision and   [TGT]   was re-arrested before   [TGT]   had even arrived home  Amnesty said in a statement.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a briefing the United States was âdeeply troubledâ by  Kilic âs re-arrest on Feb. 1.
She said Washington was closely following   [TGT]  âs case  as well as those against other human rights defenders  journalists  civil society leaders and opposition politicians detained in the state of emergency that followed a failed coup against President Tayyip Erdogan on July 15  2016.