10.06.2008 Scientist and human rights defender Prof. Dr. Baskın Oran has been threatened by persons using the name of TİT (Turkish Revenge Brigade). “TİT” was also a signature used...
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PACE committee urges Turkey to take further ‘positive measures’ for Greek minority on Turkish islands in the Aegean.
09.06.2008 Note to editors – 100(2008) Strasbourg, 03.06.2008 – The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has urged Turkey to...
26.05.2008 EU Should Insist on Reforms to Counter Persisting Inequality and Abuses (Istanbul, May 22, 2008) – Turkey should urgently change law and policy to protect lesbian, gay,...
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Cyprus: UN-Backed Missing Persons Group Launches Website in Greek, Turkish
21.05.2008 New York, May 20 2008 4:00PMThe United Nations-backed group in Cyprus tasked with identifying the remains of missing persons and returning those remains to the families concerned announced...
19.05.2008 In 1936, the SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler created the Gestapo’s Central Office for the Combating of Homosexuality and Abortion. As a result, an estimated 100,000 men were arrested...
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Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis reacts to changes in Turkish Criminal Code related to freedom of expression
05.05.2008 Strasbourg, 02.05.2008 – “The recent amendments to Article 301 of the Turkish penal Code which criminalises insults to the Turkish nation testify to the readiness of the Turkish...
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Landmark UN treaty on rights of persons with disabilities enters into force
05.05.2008 3 May 2008 – The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force today, one month after the required twentieth country ratified the...
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UN Refugee Agency Deplores Deaths of Four Refugees After Expulsion by Turkey
01.05.2008 New York, Apr 25 2008 3:00PMThe United Nations refugee agency is seeking clarification from Turkey after 18 refugees were forced to cross a fast-flowing river on the Turkish-Iraqi...
19.04.2008 Article 301 Should Be Abolished (Istanbul, April 17, 2008) The governments proposed revision to the infamous Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code, which has been used...
10.04.2008 Interview with Patrick Gasser UEFA Official – Football and Social Responsibility Question : As the UEFA offical focusing on social responsibility, how do you think fans can be steered...