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Muzaffer Şakar, executive of Democrat Judiciary Association, Judge at Diyarbakır Court House and Human Rights Defender, must be released!

Posted on 15 Ağustos 201614 Şubat 2019
Taken under custody on 11 August 2016, Muzaffer Şakar –executive of Democrat Judiciary Association and one of the judges at Diyarbakır Court House– is a human rights defender well-known...
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No To Coups and Coup Defenders!

Posted on 16 Temmuz 201612 Şubat 2019
16 July 2016 Regardless of its reasons, coups cannot be a solution anytime. Last night, we’ve witnessed an attempt of a coup in Turkey. According to some releases, 161...
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2016 Press Releases Press Releases

Government statement regarding the establishment of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey: The issue of the institutionalization of human rights is perceived fully from an instrumental perspective!

Posted on 18 Ocak 201612 Şubat 2019
18 January 2016 Deputy PM and gov’t spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş has shared with the press the cabinet decree on the establishment of the “Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey”, an...
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2016 Press Releases Press Releases

Urgent Call from Turkey’s Human Rights Organizations to the International Community

Posted on 8 Ocak 201612 Şubat 2019
08 January 2016 With the interruption of the peace talks, the government of Turkey started, in mid-August, to implement a security policy that unlawfully restricts fundamental rights and freedoms...
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Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

From June 7 to Nov. 1: Turkey under scrutiny

Posted on 18 Aralık 20154 Şubat 2019
Just over four months ago, my fellows OSCE parliamentarians and I were in Turkeyfor elections that were vibrant, but tainted by restrictions to media freedom and other issues of concern. This time, we hope to observe...
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Articles Human Rights Defenders

Farewell, Tahir Elçi

Posted on 4 Aralık 20154 Şubat 2019
I’ve lost a friend I’ll never be able to replace. I’ve lost a piece of my life. And now, for the first time, it occurs to me what torture...
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Articles Human Rights Defenders

Loss of a friend never easy

Posted on 4 Aralık 20154 Şubat 2019
I’m in Diyarbakır to fulfill my last duty to my friend. Tahir Elçi was not only a very good lawyer and a human rights defender, but he was also...
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Articles Human Rights Defenders

What can we do?

Posted on 18 Kasım 20154 Şubat 2019
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), probably the most bloodthirsty terrorist group ever, hit Paris on Friday night. According to news agencies, 129 died and hundreds...
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Articles Freedom Of Thought And Expression

Detention of Tahir Elçi

Posted on 24 Ekim 20154 Şubat 2019
Tahir Elçi, a prominent lawyer and chair of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was detained last Monday for spreading Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) propaganda. Previously, Elçi appeared in Ahmet Hakan’s...
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Articles International Human Rights Mechanisms

A way to investigate ISIL atrocities

Posted on 21 Ekim 20154 Şubat 2019
Four in Diyarbakır, 34 in Suruç and 102 in Ankara, a total of 140 deaths for which the government declared that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

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