by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2018 | Int'l Reactions, Torture
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has said that it is concerned with the reported allegations of torture and mistreatment against detained lawyers in Turkey. In a written statement to mark the 2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer on Jan...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) said on Saturday that 2,278 people were tortured and 11 abducted in Turkey during the first 11 months of 2017, according to Gazeteduvar. Releasing a human rights report under an...
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 | Jun 7, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhumane and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons has become the norm rather than the exception under increased nationalistic euphoria and religious zealotry in...
by TurkeyPurge | May 29, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
The United Nations stated grave concern on Saturday over the deportation by Myanmar and Thailand of Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish teacher working for two schools established by Gülen movement followers in Myanmar. In a statement issued on Saturday, the UN Human...
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