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Turkey: Courts being used to strangle media freedom

Responding to the decision of a Turkish first instance appeals court to uphold the conviction of journalists and executives from...

Turkey: Workers arrested for protesting conditions at airport construction site must be immediately released

Official figures reveal that at least 52 workers have died on site as mass trial gets underway Turkish authorities must...

Turkey: European Court decision on detained opposition leader exposes broken judicial system

Responding to today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Turkey’s repeated extensions to the pre-trial detention of...

Turkey: Brutal crackdown continues with new wave of detentions of activists and academics

Responding to today’s detention of 13 civil society figures in Turkey in connection with the investigation into jailed civil society...

Turkey: Judicial farce continues as authorities once again fail to produce evidence against Taner and the Istanbul 10

Responding to the decision by an Istanbul court to further postpone the trial of Amnesty International Turkey’s Honorary Chair, Taner...

Turkey: Almost 130,000 purged public sector workers still awaiting justice

More than two years after being arbitrarily dismissed, almost 130,000 Turkish public sector workers are still awaiting justice and facing...

Turkey: Seek UN Inquiry on Khashoggi

Saudi, Turkish Cooperation Essential to Credibility (New York, October 18, 2018) – Turkey should urgently ask UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

Turkey: Detention of protesting construction workers an attempt to stifle legitimate protest

The order by an Istanbul court to remand 24 construction workers and union leaders in prison pending trial is a...

Nicaragua: Government must end repression after three months of senseless slaughter

Three months after the government of President Daniel Ortega first unleashed its lethal strategy of repression on student demonstrators on...

Turkey: Lifting of state of emergency must pave road back to justice

Responding to the fact that Turkey’s the state of emergency will not be renewed when it expires at the end...

Turkey: Release of academic must be followed by freedom for others unjustly imprisoned

Responding to the news that the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice has ruled for the release of imprisoned academic and...

Turkey: Court defies logic as Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail

In response to the continued detention of human rights defender, Taner Kılıç, after the latest hearing against him, Salil Shetty,...

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