When the French were discussing passage of a law in 2006 to criminalize denial of the Armenian genocide, Hrant Dink was being tried under Article 301 of the Turkish...
Yazar: Rights Agenda Editor
Why is it so hard to face up to the past? There are many reasons, no doubt. But I believe that one of the most important reasons is the...
The General Staff recently issued a press release about the ongoing Sledgehammer (Balyoz) coup plan trial, underlining that they failed to understand why the defendants are still being kept...
06 March 2011 (Istanbul) – The arrest of nine journalists and writers on March 3, 2011, in the absence of clear reasonable cause, will have a chilling effect on...
Articles
International Human Rights Mechanisms
‘Turkey’s inclusion in international justice system critical to its EU venture’
“If Turkey is to be a member of the EU, it has to sign the Rome Statute. The EU reports on Turkey have mentioned that issue several times, and...
The first time I saw these photos, I said to myself, no legal system could allow an aggressor to be so close to his victim. When her ex-husband whispered...
This presentation was made by Prof. Dr. Yasemin İnceoğlu in the second conference for combating hate crimes entitled “The Concept of Hate Crimes, Hate Speech and Combating Hate Crimes”...
This presentation was made by Dr. Karsten Krupna in the second conference for combating hate crimes in Turkey entitled “The Concept of Hate Crimes, Hate Speech and Combating Hate...
2010 Press Releases
Press Releases
Turkey: ARTICLE 19 Calls on Government to Lead by Example during Committee of Ministers Chairmanship
23 November 2010 Through their ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights, Council of Europe Member States are obligated to respect and protect the right to freedom of...
13 October 2010 Hakan Ataman, general project director of the Human Rights Agenda Association (HRAA) With hate crimes increasingly a problem in Turkey, civil society groups are working to highlight...