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March 23, 2018 Statement

European Court: Rulings to Free 2 Turkish Journalists

Urgent to Carry Out Judgment, Groups Say

March 22, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Mass Deportations of Syrians

EU Should Raise Issue, Pledge Aid at Conference

A Turkish soldier surveys the border line between Turkey and Syria near the city of Kilis, March 2, 2017.
March 9, 2018 Statement

A time to stand up for human rights: UN rights body needs to ensure effective outcomes, placing victims first

Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner for Human Rights

February 27, 2018 Dispatches

Turkey Considering Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders

Measure Would Violate Human Rights, Fail to Address Causes of Abuse

A guard stands at his post in front of the Turkish parliament in Ankara,Turkey, July 19, 2016.
February 23, 2018 Report

Syria: Civilian Deaths in Turkish Attacks May Be Unlawful

Survivors Describe Attacks on Tents, Home, Farm

Smoke rises on the mountains as seen from Northern Afrin countryside, Syria on February 15, 2018.
February 16, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Convicted for Critical Ideas

Sentences for Journalists, Writers Emblematic of Media Crackdown

Writers and journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan, and Nazli Ilicak
February 3, 2018 Report

Turkey/Syria: Border Guards Shoot, Block Fleeing Syrians

Exposes Asylum Seekers to Further Risk, Abuse

A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is seen in Kilis province, Turkey.
February 1, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Amnesty Chair Detained Again

Court Reverses Decision to Release Taner Kılıç

Taner Kilic, head of Amnesty International Turkey, speaks at a conference.
January 22, 2018 Dispatches

Activist Detained in Turkey for Tweets

Turkey Censors Criticism of Military Operation in Syria

Writer and human rights activist, Nurcan Baysal, pictured in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Media, Activists, Political Opposition Targeted

State of Emergency Prolonged as Presidential Powers Increase

A demonstration outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey in solidarity with the staff of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on trial over alleged support to terrorist groups, July 24, 2017.
December 15, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Saudi Sisters at Risk of Forced Return

Could Face Criminal Charges, ‘Honor’ Violence

Ashwaq Hamoud and Areej Hamoud, in still from video, fled Saudi Arabia in late February to Turkey to escape abuse from male family members.
December 6, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Parliament Opposition Party Leader on Trial

Selahattin Demirtaş Case Begins; Detained for 13 Months

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was among MPs jailed on November 4, 2016. His vacant seat in the general assembly of Turkey’s parliament is shown here marked with his photo.
December 5, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Academics on Trial for Signing Petition

‘Terrorist Propaganda’ Charge Stifles Free Speech

The Academics for Peace petition signed by 1128 academics was read out at a press conference in Istanbul on January 11, 2016.
December 4, 2017 Commentary

European businesses should champion rule of law in Turkey

Human rights defenders detained by police in Istanbul on July 5, 2017. From bottom left: Nalan Erkem; Nejat Taştan; İlknur Üstün, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun.
December 1, 2017 Dispatches

Turkey Squelching LGBT Events

Bans Violate Human Rights

Gay-rights activists take part in the 15th gay pride week parade on the street of Istiklal in Istanbul July 1, 2007.

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