Turkey
Turkey has been experiencing a deepening human rights crisis over the past four years with a dramatic erosion of its rule of law and democracy framework. Executive control and political influence over the judiciary in Turkey has led to courts systematically accepting bogus indictments, detaining and convicting individuals and groups the Erdoğan government regards as political opponents, despite lack of evidence of criminal activity. Among these are journalists, opposition politicians, activists and human rights defenders. Turkey hosts 3.7 million Syrian refugees as well as asylum seekers from Afghanistan and other countries.
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Europe/Central AsiaIn line with Rule 9.2 of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (“the NGOs”) hereby present an additional communication regarding the execution of the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court” or “ECtHR”) judgment in the case of Kavala v. Turkey (Application no. 28749/18).
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Turkey: Opposition Politicians Detained for Four Years
Pattern of Politically Motivated Prosecutions, Detentions
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Turkey: 2nd Politically Motivated Trial for Rights Defender
Osman Kavala Detained, Prosecuted in Defiance of European Court Judgment
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News
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In a Year of Pandemic and Pain, Women Fight Back
As domestic violence rates soar in Europe under COVID-19 restrictions, women’s groups protest government inaction from Poland to Turkey.
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Turkey: Opposition Politicians Detained for Four Years
Pattern of Politically Motivated Prosecutions, Detentions
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Submission by Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project
Pursuant to Rule 9.2 of the Committee of Ministers’ Rules for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments, Additional Observations on the Implementation of Kavala v. Turkey (Application no. 28749/18) final judgment
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Turkey: 2nd Politically Motivated Trial for Rights Defender
Osman Kavala Detained, Prosecuted in Defiance of European Court Judgment
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Turkey: Turkmen Activist Faces Deportation
Dursoltan Taganova Risks Arbitrary Detention, Torture if Returned Home
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Turkey: Politicians and Activists Detained
Government Uses 2014 Protests as Pretext for Political Crackdown
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Adoption of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Turkey
Item 6 – 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council
