Peter Steudtner

Peter Steudtner (born 1971 in Berlin)[1] is a German human rights activist and documentary filmer.

[2] Before his arrest, he was invited by several human rights organization to give a speech at a conference on Büyükada island.

[2] Among the others arrested and facing charges of membership of terrorist organizations were Idil Eser (the head of Amnesty International Turkey), Ilknur Üstün (of the Women's Coalition), lawyer Günal Kursun and Veli Acu (both of the Human Rights Agenda Association), Özlem Dalkıran (of the Citizens' Assembly).

He said that the Turkish authorities are urged to "uphold international standards with regard to the rule of law, including the presumption of innocence.

"[3] Steudtner and Ali Gharavi have both been released on the 3 November 2017, while other human rights activists were sentence on terror related charges in the same trial.