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Universal Periodic Review Third Cycle: Human Rights Agenda Association Submission

22 Temmuz 201922 Temmuz 2019

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW THIRD CYCLE – TURKEY Human Rights Agenda Association Submission, İzmir, Turkey International Conventions Republic of Turkey is a state party to many of the human rights...

2019 Press Releases

Gezi Indictment: Civil Society on Target

19 Haziran 2019

Location: Point Hotel Taksim Date: 19 June 2019, Wednesday Hour: 4:00-8:00 PM As civil society organisations, to what extent are we able to exercise our rights to freedom of...

2017 Press Releases Press Releases

Release Osman Kavala on the 60th day of his detention!

30 Aralık 201712 Şubat 2019

12/30/2017 Osman Kavala was taken into custody on October 18, 2017 and detained November 1, with accusations as “an attempt to abolish the constitutional order of the Republic of...

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Statement for the Press and the Public

24 Ekim 201712 Şubat 2019

The right to defend our rights is a fundamental right. We demand the release of rights defenders and revocation of the investigations and cases filed against them ! 24...

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Joint Press Statement: Terminate Arbitrary Detention of HR Defenders!

14 Ağustos 201712 Şubat 2019

Terminate arbitrary detention of HR defenders! 14 August 2017 It has been 40 days since 10 human rights defenders, whose fundamental position is to advocate for human rights and...

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Joint Press Statement concerning the Arrest of Amnesty International Turkey Chairperson Taner Kılıç

14 Haziran 201712 Şubat 2019

Taner Kılıç who was detained early in the morning on 6 June 2017 was arrested on 9 June 2017 late in the night at about 23.30. Since the arrest...

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Human rights defender lawyer Taner Kılıç should be released immediately!

7 Haziran 201712 Şubat 2019

Lawyer Taner Kılıç who was detained by Anti-Terror Police of İzmir following the search at his house and his personal Office on 6 June 2017 should be released immediately....

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We nominate Orhan Kemal Cengiz for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017

6 Mayıs 201712 Şubat 2019

We nominate Orhan Kemal Cengiz for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017 We, the members of the Board of the Human Rights Agenda Association (IHGD), have decided to nominate our...

2016 Press Releases Press Releases

Günal Kurşun is a Human Rights Defender

2 Kasım 201612 Şubat 2019

Ass. Prof. Gűnal Kurşun, a well-known scholar in the field of International Criminal Law and Genocide studies teaching working at the Criminal Law Department of the Çukurova University in...

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Open Letter to the Bureau of the Turkish Grand National Assembly

13 Ekim 201612 Şubat 2019

OPEN LETTER to the Bureau of the Turkish Grand National Assembly From the Human Rights Organisations 13 October 2016 Distinguished Speaker, We write you this letter with reference...