by TurkeyPurge | Nov 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Jailed businessman and civil activist Osman Kavala said his imprisonment came just after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s words, implying that the judiciary ruled under pressure. “Just like the human rights defenders at Buyukada were targeted by the President Erdogan,...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
11 prominent human rights defenders, including Amnesty Turkey’s director İdil Eser, are ready to appear before an İstanbul court on October 25 for “membership in a terrorist organization” and “spreading terrorist propaganda” in Turkey. The right defenders also ...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by an İstanbyl prosecutor seeks a prison sentence of from 7.5 to 15 years for 11 human rights activists who have been held in pre-trial detantion since July, Doğan News Agency reported on Oct. 8. On July, 5, Turkish police, acting on an...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared against 11 rights defenders including Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey Director İdil Eser seek 15 years in jail for each of the suspects over terror charges. The human rights activists were detained during a workshop at a hotel on İstanbul’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An anti-terror investigation was launched against Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a physician, columnist and the former head of Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (MAZLUMDER), for reacting to post-coup rights abuses. Gergerlioğlu said in a...
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