Your Excellency,
I am writing to you on behalf of the World Medical Association (WMA), the global federation of National Medical Associations representing millions of physicians worldwide.
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An Istanbul court has ordered a stay of execution of Boğaziçi University Rectorate’s decision to evacuate Boğaziçi University Alumni Association (BÜMED) from the university campus.
Metal worker Dilbent Türker became a union member during her struggle for rights at her workplace. She was later elected a Central Board Member of the All Automotive and Metal Workers’ Union (TOMİS). She has several lawsuits against her on the charges of “defiance of Law no 2911” for her union activities. Her leg was broken by the police while attending the demonstration for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25th, 2022.
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The highest number of applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was made from Türkiye last year, according to the figures released by the court.
Out of about 45,500 applications to the court, 26.9 percent were from Türkiye, 22.4 percent were from Russia, and 13.9 percent were from Ukraine, the figures showed.
Sakharov Fellowship 2023
The European Parliament's Sakharov Fellowship offers up to 14 human rights defenders selected from non-EU countries the opportunity to follow a two week intensive training in Brussels and at the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice.
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The head of Turkey's medical association has been convicted of spreading propaganda for terrorists over her call for a probe into the army's alleged used of chemical weapons against Kurdish militants.
Dr Sebnem Korur Fincanci was sentenced to nearly three years in jail but under Turkish law is eligible for release.
She is expected to be freed Wednesday - more than two months after her arrest.
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Three women from Ukraine, Iran and Turkey on Monday won Sweden’s Olof Palme human rights prize for 2023 for championing women’s rights and freedoms.
Marta Chumalo of Ukraine, Iran’s Narges Mohammadi and Eren Keskin of Turkey were honoured for ‘their efforts in the fight to secure women’s freedom, in an age when human rights are threatened by war, violence and oppression’, the Olof Palme Memorial Fund said in a statement.
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A Turkish court has upheld the life sentence of civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala and seven other defendants.
The eight suspects were all found guilty in April of "attempting to overthrow the government" and imprisoned for 18 years without parole.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Kavala of financing mass anti-government protests in 2013. He has always denied the allegations.
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The president of the Turkish Medical Association denied in court on Friday accusations that she disseminated “terrorist propaganda” by calling for an investigation into allegations that the Turkish military used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants.
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your intervention in the following situation in Turkey.