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Landmark UN treaty on rights of persons with disabilities enters into force

5 Mayıs 200815 Şubat 2019

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

1 Mayıs 200815 Şubat 2019

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...

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Turkey: Government Amendments Will Not Protect Free Speech

19 Nisan 200815 Şubat 2019

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...

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Threatened lawyer denied protection

22 Şubat 200815 Şubat 2019

22.02.2008 More than two weeks have passed since a lawyer representing three Christians murdered last year in the southern province of Malatya requested that authorities provide him with protection...

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Ex-Minister in Rwanda Arrested and Brought Before UN Genocide Tribunal

20 Şubat 200815 Şubat 2019

20.02.2008 EX-MINISTER IN RWANDA ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BEFORE UN GENOCIDE TRIBUNALNew York, Feb 19 2008 4:00PMA former Rwandan government official has been arrested and handed over to the United...

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FIDH: Turkey must end the impunity of political violence

14 Şubat 200815 Şubat 2019

14.02.2008 13/02/2008 Turkey Following the third hearing, FIDHwelcomes the filming of the proceedings, as transparency is anessential element to guarantee the fairness of the procedure.Nevertheless, FIDH Secretary General...

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AI: Urgent Action

14 Şubat 200815 Şubat 2019

14.02.2008 PUBLIC AI Index: EUR 44/002/2008 13 February 2008 UA 40/08 Fear for safety TURKEY Orhan Kemal Cengiz (m), lawyer, human rights defender and newspaper columni Orhan Kemal Cengiz, a...

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Third hearing in Dink murder trial increases doubts that it will identify all those involved

13 Şubat 200815 Şubat 2019

13.02.2008 Reporters Without BordersTurkey12 February 2008 Third hearing in Dink murder trial increases doubts that it will identify all those involved Observers voiced disappointment with the conduct of the...

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Reporters Without Borders: 2008 Annual Report: The plight of journalists in 98 countries reviewed

13 Şubat 200815 Şubat 2019

13.02.2008 Reporters Without Borders today accused public officials around the world of “impotence, cowardice and duplicity” in defending freedom of expression. “The spinelessness of some Western countries and major...

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PACE president calls for reforms on free speech, minority rights

15 Ocak 200815 Şubat 2019

15.01.2008 Linden pays a farewell visit to Turkey ahead of next week’s presidential elections at PACE when Turkey’s future judge in the European Court of Human Rights will also...

Landmark UN treaty on rights of persons with disabilities enters into force

UN Refugee Agency Deplores Deaths of Four Refugees After Expulsion by Turkey

Turkey: Government Amendments Will Not Protect Free Speech

Threatened lawyer denied protection

Ex-Minister in Rwanda Arrested and Brought Before UN Genocide Tribunal

FIDH: Turkey must end the impunity of political violence

AI: Urgent Action

Third hearing in Dink murder trial increases doubts that it will identify all those involved

Reporters Without Borders: 2008 Annual Report: The plight of journalists in 98 countries reviewed

PACE president calls for reforms on free speech, minority rights

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