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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Freedom Of Thought And Expression
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...
Not only these, but this government also tried to make a deal with the leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to find a way to reach a...
“Like many women when they’re harassed, I didn’t know what to do,” she repeated over and over again. After Kocher and her boyfriend switched places, her harasser immediately left. Though...
2012 Press Releases
Letter to the Auuthorities from the Refugee Rights Coordination Human Rights Violations Against Syrians in Hatay Shoulds be Investigated
28 February 2012 LETTER TO THE AUTHORITIES FROM THE REFUGEE RIGHTS COORDINATION HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST SYRIANS IN HATAY SHOULS BE INVESTIGATED Refugee Rights Coordination which consists of 5...