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The trial of 69 individuals detained and allegedly subjected to torture for participating in the Pride March held on May 20, 2022, on the campus of Boğaziçi University is nearing its conclusion.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has prioritized the examination of a second application by Osman Kavala, who has been detained since October 18, 2017, marking 2,352 days in prison.
The application, submitted on January 18, 2024, was communicated to Turkey by the ECtHR on March 21, 2024, with a request for Turkey to present its defense by July 16, 2024
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has stated that Turkey was obstructing the European Convention on Human Rights system, in its latest report dated April 12.
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Turkish police on March 26 began questioning sociologist Prof. Nükhet Sirman, three days after the academic was detained from her residence in Istanbul.
Sirman was transferred to the southern Mersin province for questioning regarding an interview she conducted as part of her research.
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Turkey’s Constitutional Court declared that international travel ban imposed on human rights activist Nurcan Kaya violated her freedom of expression, the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) announced on March 6.
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As the next hearing of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu approaches on February 29, 2024, we call for immediate attention to her case and her unjust detention. Müftüoğlu, Co-Chair of the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFGD) , has been wrongfully held for over nine months on unsubstantiated terrorism charges in a case that starkly violates international legal standards and media freedom.
In the Gezi trial, Ali Hakan Altınay, Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi, and Mücella Yapıcı were retried after the Court of Cassation overturned their 18-year sentences. The trial, held at the İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court, saw all three defendants absent, but their lawyers were present.
Mücella Yapıcı's lawyer, Fikret İlkiz, and Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi's lawyers, Hasan Fehmi Demir and Emel Ataktürk Sevimli, requested an acquittal for their clients:
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In solidarity with the human rights movement, Dejusticia has developed a fellowship program to support human rights defenders of the Global South who, because of their work and advocacies, have been subjected to elevated risk from repressive actions by governments and other actors. Through the fellowship program, they offer the fellows respite from the difficult contexts in which they work, time to reflect on and retool their strategies and approaches, the oppo