by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty International on Tuesday issued an urgent action document calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for 11 prominent human rights defenders, including Amnesty Turkey’s director İdil Eser, has been accepted by the İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court, the Diken news agency reported on Tuesday. Charges against the Amnesty...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 11, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on the Turkish government for the immediate andunconditional release of 11 prominent human rights defenders, including its Turkey director İdil Eser, who has been in pretrial detention for 100 days on terrorism charges....
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 | Jun 18, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Amnesty International has launched an “urgent action” campaign for Mustafa Çabuk, a Turkish secondary school teacher at imminent risk of extradition to Turkey, asking people to call on Georgian officials to avoid extradition. “Çabuk is at risk of extradition to Turkey...
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