by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
“Protracted restrictions on the human rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association are incompatible with the conduct of a credible electoral process in Turkey,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High commissioner for human rights, said in a statement on...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on the Turkish government to promptly end an ongoing state of emergency, torture and passport cancellation as well as a ban imposed on dismissed public servants from...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The wives of former police chiefs including Ömer Köse, Nazmi Ardıç and Mustafa Demirhan, who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 and an operation into the Iran-backed Tevhid-Selam network in Turkey in 2010, have been detained, the TR724 news...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Some 40 Turkish teachers fled Pakistan along with their families as Islamabad government have fallen under pressure from Turkey as part of latter’s worldwide crackdown against what it sees as the leader of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Turkey’s ruling Justice and...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, in an opening statement for the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, expressed concern about the deterioration of human rights in Turkey and urged the Turkish government not to renew a state...
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