by TurkeyPurge | Jun 11, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
In a written statement issued on June 9, seven non-governmental organizations called on Turkmenistan government to release 18 men, affiliated with the Gülen movement, and to quash their convictions. “A Turkmen court sentenced 18 men to up to 25 years in prison on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Taner Kılıç, chair of the board of Amnesty International’s Turkey section, who has been under detention since June 6. The anti-terror unit of the Izmir police on Tuesday detained...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on June 8 that the agency is deeply concerned by continued reports about the alleged push-backs and refoulement at the land border between Greece and Turkey. “Such allegations of informal...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Greek police continue illegally handing over Turkish asylum seekers back to Turkey, a policy that results in “lambs to the slaughter,” Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR) said in a statement on June 6. HLHR is the Greek branch of the worldwide monitoring group,...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 7, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhumane and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons has become the norm rather than the exception under increased nationalistic euphoria and religious zealotry in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Eight non-governmental organizations have called on the Georgian government to refrain from returning detained Turkish teacher to back home where “he will be possibly subjected to political persecution, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. “[He]...
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