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Amidst this pandemic, a disturbing pattern has emerged, where authoritarian countries are exploiting the global crisis to eliminate or inflict further suffering on political prisoners in some of the world’s worst prison conditions— the spaces most vulnerable to the spread
Read More En public appeal call on Turkey to immediately release its political prisoners
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.
Read More TURKEY: INVESTIGATE WHEREABOUTS OF TWO MISSING MEN: GÖKHAN TÜRKMEN AND MUSTAFA YILMAZ
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
Read More Turkey: IBAHRI and ICJ observe criminal trial on ‘Gezi Park’ protests
The June 2018 election campaign took place under a state of emergency imposed after the July 2016 attempted military coup and in a climate of media censorship and repression of perceived government enemies and critics that persisted throughout the year,
Commenting on Turkish human rights advocate Osman Kavala being held in solitary confinement without trial for a year, EP Subcommittee on Human Rights Chair Pier Antonio Panzeri stated: “Today is a sad day. Mr Osman Kavala, a prominent and respected
Read More Human Rights Chair Deplores Turkish Arrest and Detention of Osman Kavala
More than two years after being arbitrarily dismissed, almost 130,000 Turkish public sector workers are still awaiting justice and facing an uncertain future, Amnesty International said in a report published today. Purged beyond return? No remedy for Turkey’s dismissed public
Read More Turkey: Almost 130,000 Purged Public Sector Workers Still Awaiting Justice
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a briefing on Turkey’s post-election human rights situation and strategies for accountability on 26 September 2018. Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agree the elections were mostly free but
Read More Turkey: Post-Election Human Rights and Strategies for Accountability
We are deeply alarmed at the recently enacted anti-terror law, which retains numerous emergency restrictions and is likely to continue their adverse effect on human rights and fundamental freedoms Turkey has recently lifted its state of emergency, but with exceptions. For
U.S. pastor Andrew C. Brunson’s case is just one example of the ongoing human rights tragedy in Turkey. Pastor Brunson has spent the last 23 years of his life living in Turkey peacefully with his wife, where they have brought
The country experienced significant political challenges during the year. The continuing state of emergency–imposed following the July 2016 coup attempt, renewed once in 2016 and an additional four times during the year–had far-reaching effects on the country’s society and institutions,
Read More New Report on Human Rights in Turkey Released by US State Department
