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A court in Istanbul ordered six human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director, formally arrested Tuesday pending a trial over accusations that they aided an armed terror group, the Associated Press reports.

Four others activists were released from custody pending the outcome of a trial. They have been barred from traveling abroad and have to report regularly to police.

The group was detained earlier this month in a police raid at a hotel on Buyukada island where they were attending a training workshop on digital security.

They are suspected of “committing crime in the name of a terrorist organization without being a member.”

Amnesty International described the court decision as a “crushing blow for rights in Turkey."

“This is not a legitimate investigation, this is a politically motivated witch-hunt that charts a frightening future for rights in Turkey,” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s secretary general.

Those ordered jailed include Amnesty’s Turkey director, Idil Eser, and activists from the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and the Human Rights’ Agenda Association. Their two trainers – a German and a Swede – were also arrested.

Eser is the second top Amnesty International official in Turkey to be arrested. Last month, Amnesty’s Turkey chair, Taner Kilic, was arrested for alleged links to Gulen’s movement.