by TurkeyPurge | May 14, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey’s universities are experiencing a period of self-censorship and a lack of academic freedom as hundreds of academic staff members face prosecution and thousands more have lost their jobs, international nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 21, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its World Report 2018 on Thursday that Turkey’s State of Emergency (OHAL) Procedures Investigation Commissions are not independent of the government interference. “In January, the government ruled on the establishment of an ad hoc...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 4, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday reacted to the arrest of civil activist and businessman Osman Kavala by a Turkish court, calling it an example of the politicized and arbitrary nature of Turkey’s justice system. Kavala was arrested on Wednesday on charges of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
People detained after the last year’s failed putsch have been subject to torture in police custody while several others were abducted outside detention facilities, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New York-based watchdog documented...
by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
European Union leaders should consider economic pressure against Turkey to end post-coup human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a written statement on May 23. “A meeting planned for May 25, 2017, between European Union leaders and President Recep Tayyip...