ANKARA, Turkey — A court on Monday released a Turkish human rights and LGBTQ+ activist from prison, pending an outcome of his trial on charges of spreading disinformation and inciting public hatred.

Enes Hocaogullari, 23, was detained last month after delivering a speech at a meeting of the Council of Europe that was critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.

He took part at a session of Europe’s leading human rights body in Strasbourg, France, as one of Turkey’s youth delegates. There he criticized the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and other opposition figures. The activist also spoke out against alleged police violence during protests that erupted following Imamoglu’s arrest.

In the first hearing of his trial in Ankara, Hocaogullari rejected the charges agai

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