Memorial, a rights organization outlawed by the Kremlin last year, has spent decades trying to force Russia to come to terms with its totalitarian past — and, in the process, illuminated the crimes of its ever more repressive present.
Ahead of the fifth hearing of the case against some members of the Saturday Mothers/People, the group gathered in front of the İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan.
The police did not allow the group to read out a statement, detaining at least 10 people, including defending lawyers and union representatives.
Police detained several activists in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district for attempting to stage a rally to commemorate September 1 World Peace Day, as per the call of the civil rights platform Istanbul Labor, Peace and Democracy Powers.
Turkish police on Sept. 20 prevented the protest that wanted to be held at Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square over the death of Mahsa Amini by Iranian police.
The 22-year-old Amini from Iran’s Kurdistan province fell into a coma and died while waiting with other women held by the morality police, who enforce strict rules in the Islamic Republic requiring women to cover their hair and wear loose-fitting clothes in public.
Eren Keskin, a lawyer and the co-chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD), was summoned by the Anti-Terror Department of the İstanbul Security Directorate over the phone.
When she asked why she needed to give a statement, the officer on the phone replied, "You will get information when you come to the directorate."
She went to the İstanbul Security Directorate on Tuesday (September 13).
Justice & Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for applications for its initiatives: Shelter City and Artists’ Safe Haven initiative. The deadline for applications for both initiatives is 2 October 2022 at 23:59 CET (Central European Time). Please note that special conditions may apply due to COVID-19.
Acting as the representative and secretary for the Van Representative Office of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV), Sevim Çiçek has been a part of the human rights movement for 25 years. She has continued to work within TIHV since 2018. She has faced many investigations and claims against her due to her involvement in union activities. On October 23rd, 2021, there were countrywide demonstrations organized by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) for Dr. Rümeysa Şen, who was killed in a traffic accident after leaving a long shift at work.
In this episode, produced with the support of the Association for Monitoring Equal Rights, the Truth Justice Memory Center and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee
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