Turkey: Executive interference in the judiciary and in prosecutorial decisions are en-trenched problems, reflected in the authorities’ systematic practice of detaining, prosecuting, and convicting on bogus and overbroad terrorism and other charges. At the time of writing, an estimated 87
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
On 7 December 2020 the FEMM Committee held a Public Hearing on “Women’s Rights Defenders (WRD) – EU’s role to combat the increasing attacks against WRD and women’s rights” The hearing discussed the situation of Women’s Rights Defenders by assessing
NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum
NGO CSW/NY organizes the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the events occurring within the UN Headquarters. This provides civil society the opportunity to engage in
Turkey: Statement by the Spokesperson on the extension of Mr. Kavala’s detention
Brussels, The European Court of Human Rights had concluded, more than a year ago, that Osman Kavala’s arrest and pre-trial detention took place in the absence of evidence to support a reasonable suspicion he had committed an offence and pursued
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Statement on the Turkish court decision on Osman Kavala
Press Releases AFET Yesterday The EP standing rapporteur for Turkey and the chair of the EU-Turkey parliamentary delegation issued the following statement Friday in reaction to the decision in the case of Osman Kavala. Statement by European Parliament Standing Rapporteur for Turkey Nacho
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European Court Of Human Rights Press Release
In the absence of effective judicial review, a dismissal based on Emergency Legislative Decree No. 677 was in breach of the Convention In today’s Chamber judgment(1) in the case of Pişkin v. Turkey (application no. 33399/18) the European Court of
McCaul and Engel Statement on Turkey Actions Undermining NATO Alliance
Press Release Dec 16, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel and Lead Republican Michael McCaul have released the following statement on their deep concern over Turkey’s actions under President Erdogan that endanger the NATO alliance, the broader
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EU adopts a global human rights sanctions regime
The Council today adopted a decision and a regulation establishing a global human rights sanctions regime. For the first time, the EU is equipping itself with a framework that will allow it to target individuals, entities and bodies – including state and non-state
Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-eighth session, 24–28 August 2020 Opinion No. 47/2020 concerning Kahraman Demirez, Mustafa Erdem, Hasan Hüseyin Günakan, Yusuf Karabina, Osman Karakaya and Cihan Özkan (Turkey and Kosovo1)* 1. The Working
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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes two reports on Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the reports on its 2017 periodic visit and 2019 ad hoc visit to Turkey. The main objective of the
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