by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on Turkish government to compensate a businessman who spent some 3 months in prison over his alleged links to the Gulen movement. WGAD works under UN Human Rights Council. Accused of financial...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty International has launched an “urgent action” campaign for Mustafa Çabuk, a Turkish secondary school teacher at imminent risk of extradition to Turkey, asking people to call on Georgian officials to avoid extradition. “Çabuk is at risk of extradition to Turkey...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The number of research outputs by Turkey-based academics decreased by 28 percent year-on-year in 2017, according to a recent report. Freedom for Academia, a London-based online platform that aims to help academics victimized in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, released,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 16, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) has called on Turkish authorities to provide urgent medical care to Turkish journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, who has been in pre-trial detention in Turkey for 11 months. “Tuncer Çetinkaya, a journalist...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 16, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign for urgent action against the recent imprisonment of Taner Kılıç, a lawyer and the chairman of AI Turkey’s board. AI kicked off the campaign on Twitter on June 14 to support...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 13, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
In an open letter issued on Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak up against alleged torture on 18 men who were sentenced over their links to the Gülen movement in Turkmenistan, during his...
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