Third-Party Intervention Submissions on Behalf of Article 19 and Human Rights...
IN THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTSRelated ContentArticle 19 and Human Rights Watch Submissions to ECtHR Application No.: 14305/17 B E T W E E N :SELAHATTIN DEMİRTAŞ Applicant - v –...
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In Court with Osman Kavala: Turkey’s Credibility on Trial
ExpandOsman Kavala © 2017 Anadolu Kültür (Berlin) — Osman Kavala appeared calm on Monday when he emerged from 600 days in pre-trial detention to take the stand in a landmark trial in which he faces a...
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Turkey: Free Osman Kavala
ExpandOsman Kavala.© 2017 Anadolu Kültür (London) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on December 10, 2019 that Osman Kavala, a civic leader, has been arbitrarily detained in Turkey since...
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Turkey: Release Jailed Critics, Respect Election Results
ExpandSupporters and relatives of human rights defender Osman Kavala and 15 others on trial for allegedly organizing the 2013 Gezi Park protests queue outside the Silivri Prison court house, Istanbul,...
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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. While the consolidation of President Recep...
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Turkey: UN Review Should Address Sharp Decline on Rights
ExpandSupporters and relatives of human rights defender Osman Kavala and 15 others on trial for allegedly organizing the 2013 Gezi Park protests queue outside the Silivri Prison court house, Istanbul,...
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Turkey: Kurdish Mayors’ Removal Violates Voters’ Rights
ExpandDismissed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) mayors Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, Ahmet Türk, and Bedia Özgökce Ertan speak at a press conference in Istanbul. © 2019 HDP(Istanbul,) – The Turkish...
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Turkey: Prominent Civic Leader Rearrested After Acquittal
ExpandOsman Kavala© 2017 Anadolu Kültür(Istanbul) – An Istanbul court’s order on February 19, 2020 to detain a prominent civic leader, Osman Kavala, demonstrates the extent to which Turkey's government...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cynical move to open his western EU borders to allow refugees and migrants to leave - while keeping his southern border to Syria shut to asylum seekers...
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Interview: What’s Happening to Refugees in Greece
ExpandGreek soldiers guard the Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, February 29, 2020.© 2020 AP/Giannis PapanikosHow has the situation on Lesbos changed since your last visit?When I was...
View ArticleGreece/EU: Allow New Arrivals to Claim Asylum
Greece is detaining more than 450 people on a naval vessel docked in the Mytilene harbor in Lesbos and is refusing to allow them to lodge asylum claims in flagrant violation of international and...
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Greece: Violence Against Asylum Seekers at Border
March 17, 2020VideoGreece: End Violence Against Asylum Seekers at BorderSecurity Forces and Unidentified Men Abuse, Strip and Summarily Deport Thousands(Athens) – Greek security forces and unidentified...
View ArticleGreece: End Violence Against Asylum Seekers at Border
(Athens, March 17, 2020) – Greek security forces and plain-clothed men at Turkey’s land border have detained, assaulted, robbed and stripped asylum seekers and migrants before forcing them back to...
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Turkey Should Protect All Prisoners from Pandemic
ExpandSilivri Prison, Istanbul, Turkey. © 2019 Human Rights WatchThe risk the coronavirus pandemic poses to staff and inmates in Turkey’s vastly overcrowded prisons has prompted the government to...
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Turkey: COVID-19 Puts Sick Prisoners at Grave Risk
ExpandThousands of political prisoners are held in the vast Silivri campus prison, Istanbul.© 2016 AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis (Istanbul) – An examination of cases of prisoners, in the hundreds,...
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The Coronavirus in Europe: From Lockdowns to Power Grabs
Related ContentHuman Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 ResponseWhat are some of your biggest concerns about the coronavirus moving through Europe and Central Asia?Europe is one of the world’s epicenters of...
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Turkey Seeks Power to Control Social Media
ExpandPeople check their phones at a market in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 18, 2019.© 2019 AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Update: On April 14, Human Rights Watch learned from members of Turkey’s...
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Related Contentturkey_covid19_statement_detention.pdfIn the early hours of Tuesday 14 April, the Turkish Parliament passed a law which will lead to the release of up to 90,000 prisoners. However, it...
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Turkey: Enforced Disappearances, Torture
ExpandWives of six men who went missing in February 2019 join the weekly Saturday Mothers vigil in Istanbul for families of disappeared people in Turkey, July 2019. © 2019 Private(Istanbul, April 29,...
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Turkey: Criminal Case for Opposing Homophobic Speech
ExpandHundreds of people gathered for the campus Pride March at Middle East Technical University on May 11, 2018 defying the Ankara governor’s ban on all LBGTI public events. © 2018 Yıldız Tar, Kaos GL...
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