by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Murat Arslan, the last chairman of Turkey’s Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) was named as the winner of the 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday. Under arrest since Oct 26, 2016 over his alleged links to the Gulen...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 30, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Murat Arslan, the last chairman of Turkey’s Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) was shortlisted along with two other candidates to the 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Council of Europe (CoE). Under arrest since Oct 26, 2016 over his alleged links...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 31, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Daniel Holtgen, director of communications at the Council of Europe (CoE) and spokesperson of Secretary-General Thorbjørn Jagland, has dismissed plans by Turkey to introduce the death penalty, saying that such a move would be against membership in the council....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 8, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey must avoid targeting individuals simply because they worked for firms affiliated with the Gulen Movement, otherwise it may be challenged in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland urged. Turkey...
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