by TurkeyPurge | Apr 13, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners as part of the country’s ongoing struggle against the COVID-19 epidemic. Political prisoners who are convicted or being held in pre-trial detention over...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 29, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors have launched investigations into 372 people due to their social media posts or behavior that violates prohibitions aimed at controlling the spread of the new coronavirus. As part of the investigations, three people have been arrested and three...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey has a total of 384 prisons. Based on figures provided by the Justice Ministry, 229,790 people are in prisons with a total capacity of 207,339. Only 141,802 out of the 229,790 have been convicted of a crime. Another report last year stated that the total prison...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
At least 19 people have so far been detained by Turkish police on charges of “spreading false information” about the COVID-19 pandemic on social media. According to a report by the T24 news portal, police is seeking 73 others on similar charges. The number...
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