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Chair of Amnesty International Turkey swept up in post-coup purge

Responding to the news that Taner Kiliç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, was today detained by police along with...

Turkey: “Professional annihilation” of 100,000 public sector workers in post-coup attempt purge

The dismissal of more than 100,000 Turkish public sector workers is arbitrary and has had a catastrophic impact on their...

Turkey: Detention of Cumhuriyet editor another dark day for country’s media

Responding to the ongoing detention of Oğuz Güven, the web editor of the prominent Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet after he was...

Turkey: 250,000 demand release of jailed journalists

Top journalists, cartoonists and world-renowned artists have joined a campaign to demand the release of more than 120 journalists jailed...

Turkey: Council of Europe takes Turkey to task over human rights crackdown

Reacting to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe vote to reintroduce full monitoring of the ‘functioning of democratic...

Turkey: Journalists around the world demand release of 120+ jailed colleagues

#FreeAJStaff support new #FreeTurkeyMedia campaign The three former Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt for more than 400 days have...

Turkey: US Secretary of State must call for the release of more than 120 jailed journalists

Spokespeople available Journalists urged to support #FreeTurkeyMedia campaign As US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Turkey to meet with...

Turkey: UN findings of mass displacement of Kurds confirm Amnesty International research

Following findings by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that Turkish security operations displaced up...

EU: Human rights cost of refugee deal with Turkey too high to be replicated elsewhere

Released 00.01 14 February 2017 The EU-Turkey refugee deal has left thousands of refugees and migrants in squalid and dangerous...

Turkey: Curfews and crackdown force hundreds of thousands of Kurds from their homes

First anniversary of round-the-clock curfew in UNESCO world heritage site Forced displacement may amount to collective punishment Tens of thousands...

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