TON Group Publishes Open Letter Amid Pavel Durov’s Detention in France

The Open Network Society, an independent group representing the TON community, has issued an open letter to French authorities, calling for the immediate release of Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov following his arrest at Le Bourget Airport on Aug. 24. The letter from the TON Society begins by condemning Durov’s imprisonment as a “direct assault on a basic human right” and a violation of the principles of free speech. In the letter, the authors urge supranational bodies, such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe, and the European Union, to intervene on Durov’s behalf and pressure France to uphold human