by TurkeyPurge | Apr 20, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
The Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law by providing support internationally to human rights defenders in danger, on Tuesday sent a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ender Özkul, the jailed father of a 13-year-old cancer patient who has failed to respond to treatment so far, was denied release from prison. Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 13-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul, was diagnosed with cancer...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 11, 2017 | Human Tragedies
An anonymous Twitter account aiming to share human rights violations in Turkey announced on Saturday that police in Ankara were waiting at a hospital to detain a woman who is undergoing chemotherapy. Mevhibe Altıntaş, a teacher who is suffering from leukemia, is...
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