on charges of membership in a terrorist organization , gathering state secrets for espionage , and attempting to overthrow [the Government, Turkish National Assembly, and the Constitutional Order] , citing among other things his routine communications with Turkish law enforcement officers, which constituted a central part of his job responsibilities as an employee of the United States Government. (6) Authorities in Turkey have held Mete Canturk—another Foreign Service National Investigator at the United States Consulate General in Istanbul for more than 30 years—under house arrest since January 31, 2018, and subjected his wife and daughter to travel bans and regular check-ins with police after initially detaining them. (7) As of April 9, 2019, Metin Topuz remains in jail, Mete Canturk remains under house arrest, and Hamza Uluçay remains convicted of false charges and subject to travel restrictions because of charges relating directly to the conduct of their professional responsibilities as employees of the United States Government without any credible evidence of wrongdoing. (8) The physical and psychological health of these men continues to be adversely affected by their prolonged and indefinite detention, including significant weight loss and aggravation of preexisting medical conditions. (9) On November 15, 2017, then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Jonathan Cohen testified to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (commonly known as the Helsinki Commission ) that it appears to us that Mr. Uluçay and Mr. Topuz were arrested for maintaining legitimate contacts with Turkish Government and local officials and others in the context of their official duties on behalf of the United States Government . (10) In pursuing its legitimate right to bring to justice the perpetrators of the failed July 2016 coup attempt, Turkish authorities have subjected tens of thousands of other citizens of Turkey to detention and criminal prosecutions, with some subjected to official