The European Court of Human Rights called for the immediate release of Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala, saying there was a lack of reasonable suspicion that he had committed an offense.
Over the last year, protests have multiplied across the planet, from Chile to Hong-Kong. Europe is not left out of this wave of demonstrations. Protests are taking different forms, from large and repeated demonstrations to the occupation of public places and spontaneous assemblies. The use of social media is also transforming the way assemblies are organised and managed.
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Lawyer Yeşilırmak has indicated that there are serious bruises on the bodies of Ayşen Ece Kavas and Yaprak Okatalı. Noting the helmet number of the riot police officer battering Kavas, the lawyers have filed a criminal complaint.
Women protested male violence in Kadıköy, İstanbul by performing the "Las Tesis" dance of Chilean women yesterday (December 8).
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Discharged from public service, forced to resign or retire for signing the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”, Academics for Peace have held statements for the press in six cities and expressed their demand for returning to their duties.
Academics for Peace held simultaneous statements for the press in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Diyarbakır, Kocaeli and Antalya yesterday (December 2).
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At the hearing held at the 35th Court of Criminal Assize in Istanbul Justice Palace, the prosecutor announced his opinion on the merits.
The prosecutor asked Amnesty International Honorary President Taner Kılıç to be punished for “membership in a terror group”; Günal Kurşun, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Nejat Taştan, and Veli Acu for “aiding a terror group without being a member “.
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Prof. Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, who was charged with insulting the President, due to a social media post she shared during Gezi Protests, said in her defense that "As someone who witnessed what happened there, I had to define the events as massacres ".
Prof. Dr. Fincanci (Chairman of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey) her lawyer Oya Meric Eyuboglu and Erdogan's lawyer Gökhan Arslanoğlu were present in the third hearing of the trial.
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A Turkish court on Tuesday rejected calls to throw out the trial of 19 people for participating in an LGBT+ Pride march on a university campus.
Most of the 18 students and a faculty member from the Middle East Technical University (METU) were charged with “refusing to disperse” after being arrested at a May 10 Pride march by police using pepper spray, plastic bullets and tear gas.
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Human rights organisations defend group of 19 due to stand trial for ‘demanding their rights to dignity and equality’
Human rights organisations have urged Turkey to drop charges against 19 LGBT activists who are due to stand trial on Tuesday.
As human rights organizations, we are concerned over the consequences of the Operation Peace Spring launched on October 9, 2019, that has resulted in the curtailing of rights and freedoms, most severely the right to freedom of expression, and put immense pressure on civil society.
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A local court has failed to comply with a Constitutional Court ruling regarding Academics for Peace. The local court denied retrial for one of the academics, despite the top court’s ruling for “rights violations.”
A court has denied retrial for an academic, who was accused of terror propaganda after signing a peace petition, despite a top court ruling regarding “rights violation.”