Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Rep. David Trone (MD-06) and four colleagues from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting that he raise concerns about Turkey’s COVID-19 prisoner release policies, namely
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2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey
Executive Summary Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a 600-seat parliament. The unicameral parliament (the Grand National Assembly) exercises legislative authority. In presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Turkish authorities must restore judicial independence and stop targeting and silencing human rights defenders
Caglayan Justice Palace, Istanbul – © OVKNHR / Shutterstock.com In a report published today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, calls on the Turkish authorities to restore judicial independence and stop the practice of targeting human
My forehead/conscience is Clear
Watch the moving testimony of Selin Senol-Akin, the wife of Kemal, an innocent navy officer who has been wrongfully imprisoned for the past 3 years in Turkey : One story of injustice…just one drop into the oceans of the world….Yet
Turkey: Concerns for Disappeared Men Now in Police Custody
(London) – The Turkish authorities’ decision to deny lawyers access to four men, who were forcibly disappeared in February 2019, but are now confirmed to be in police custody in Ankara raises concerns that the men may be being put under pressure
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TURKEY: INVESTIGATE WHEREABOUTS OF TWO MISSING MEN: GÖKHAN TÜRKMEN AND MUSTAFA YILMAZ
Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz have been missing since 7 and 19 February 2019 respectively and are suspected to have been abducted and forcibly disappeared. The authorities have so far been denying that they are being held in official custody.
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Turkey: IBAHRI and ICJ observe criminal trial on ‘Gezi Park’ protests
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have jointly sent international observers to attend the first hearing of the criminal trial on the ‘Gezi Park’ protests at Silivri Prison Courthouse in Istanbul, scheduled to take place
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Growing Number Of Turkish Military Officers Seek Asylum In The U.S.
More than two dozen ex-Turkish military officers are in the U.S. seeking asylum — afraid they’ll be jailed if they return home. They say they were falsely accused of taking part in a 2016 coup. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have
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European Commission Turkey 2019 Report
Many human rights defenders, civil society activists, media, academics, politicians, doctors, lawyers, judges and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, are still detained – sometimes without indictment, and are facing smear campaigns by the media and senior politicians.
Turkish lawyers’ group says foreign ministry staff tortured in custody
ANKARA (Reuters) – Five Turkish foreign ministry staff detained last week on suspicion of links to a failed coup three years ago have said they have been tortured and mistreated in custody, the Ankara Lawyers’ Bar Association said on Tuesday.
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