HUNGER-striking lawyer Aytac Unsal was sensationally freed today following mass international pressure on the Turkish state.

His health had seriously deteriorated after more than 210 days without food in his fight for the right to a fair trial.

Mr Unsal’s release came days after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) caused outrage whne it rejected an application for its intervention, claiming that he was not in imminent danger of death.