Women who were detained during a demonstration in support of the İstanbul Convention in İzmir have been released.
In response to the public debates in pro-government circles on whether Turkey should abandon the convention on violence against women, demonstrations were in 16 cities yesterday (August 5).
The Ankara 7th Administrative Court has overturned the ban imposed by the Middle East Technical University (METU) Presidency on the 9th METU LGBTI+ Pride Parade to be held in the campus in Ankara last year.
The U.S. Department of State demanded from Turkey, the release of Osman Kavala, who has been imprisoned for 1000 days without conviction.
The U.S. Department of State made a written statement about the detention of businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala. In a statement, Turkey to 'international obligations' reminded:
For the last 800th weeks, Saturday Mothers/People have been asking the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones disappeared in custody in Turkey. Demanding justice for their relatives, they have been prevented from holding their weekly sit-ins in Galatasaray, İstanbul since the 700th week.
A thousand words that participants will submit to an online effort will be released on the 1,000th day of philanthropist, businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala’s incarceration. The deadline for participation was set for July 23.
The Constitutional Court announced its detailed ruling on 19 union members today (July 21) and has concluded that the penalization of unionists over their participation in union activities and meetings is a right violation.
The Anadolu Agency (AA) published a news report entitled "The famous figures of the FETÖ were also brought to account" yesterday (July 14).
The Netherlands Helsinki Committee (NHC) strongly condemns the prison sentences handed down on 3 July 2020 against four human rights defenders in Turkey on grounds of “aiding and abetting a terrorist organisation without being a member thereof” or “membership of a terrorist organisation.” Taner Kılıç (honorary president of Amnesty Turkey) was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months, and Günal Kurşun (lawyer and Human Rights Agenda Association),
The conviction of four human rights defenders on July 3, 2020, without evidence of any criminal wrongdoing, is politically motivated and an effort to stifle the legitimate work of Turkey’s human rights movement, Human Rights Watch said today.
3 July 2020, After the Hearing, Çağlayan Courthouse, Istanbul
This prosecution, which has nothing to do with the laws and should have never been opened in the first place, is concluded with another unlawful decision. The court decision based solely on trumped-up charges, all of which have already been refuted, is another stain on Turkey’s judicial history.
As we said before the hearing, we won’t accept the conviction of even a single friend of ours. We’ll keep monitoring this case as it goes through the appeal process.