20 June 2014 Allegations about the death of asylum seeker Litfiullah Tacik should immediately be investigated.17 years old Afghanistan citizen Litfiullah Tacik lost his life at Van State Hospital...
I was watching Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on TV after a tragic event that took place in Adana. A 4-year-old girl, Gizem, was kidnapped and then found violently...
07 May 2014 Eight Afghani refugees have stitched their mouth to protest UNHCR discriminatory policies against them. Hundreds of Afghan women, men and children gathered in front of the...
Roberto Frifrini “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political...
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The Gezi Park Process and the new democratic values in Turkey
From a peaceful sit-in in defense of a city park to a nation-wide protest movement. This could be a brief summary of the events that occurred in Turkey during the...
The 15th anniversary of the International Justice Day comes in a changing time for Turkey. The efforts made the present Government for the democratization of the country are reaching now...
HRAA General Secretary Salih Efe spoke about religious minorities rights in Turkey at a conference held at the EU Parliament on 03 July 2013 in Strasbourg, France. He was...
The Association for Liberal Thinking (LDT), a Turkish think tank, has chosen to bestow its 2013 Freedom Honor Award on lawyer, activist and Today’s Zaman columnist Orhan Kemal Cengiz....
22 January 2013 The police operation took place against the mainly advocates and some musicians were named as “DHKP-C operation against the lawyers”. However, when we look at the...
World Refugee Day prompts more pondering about refugee issues HRAA’s Secretary General Salih Efe: Turkey’s new “Foreigners and International Protection Draft Bill” is a milestone in refugee issues despite...