A Turkish court ordered the re-arrest on July 21 of four activists who had briefly been freed after being detained along with the local director of human rights group Amnesty International.
The court accepted an objection filed by the İstanbul prosecutor's office to the activists' release. The four activists were initially released Tuesday after surrendering their passports and they were required to regularly present themselves at a police station.
The activists were in a group of 10 people detained two weeks ago while attending a workshop in İstanbul. They were released on Tuesday, while the other six were remanded in custody on charges of belonging to a terrorist organisation.
Six other people, including Amnesty International's country director Idil Eser and German citizen Peter Steudtner, were arrested Tuesday pending trial on the charge of aiding terror groups.
