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Attacks on lawyers!
CONDEMNATION | Physical Attack on lawyers in Mardin, Turkey. | Ongoing assaults against lawyers are the echo of the Turkish Govt's praxis identifying lawyers w/ their clients which has been resulting in the detention of 100s of lawyers. @ProtectLawyers… Read More ›
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Protect Filipino lawyers! | Joint call by international legal community
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative cosigned a petition initiated by the Lawyers for Lawyers expressing deep concern over the increasing attacks against lawyers in the Philippines and the oppressive working environment they face since the start of President Duterte’s administration. The petition… Read More ›
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Report: There still 143 lawyers in Turkish prisons
In response to a parliamentary question of Mr Sezgin Tanrikulu, the Turkish Ministry of Justice announced the number of lawyers held in prison by years. According to the Ministry of Justice the number of lawyers remanded in pretrial detention by years as following: 354, 487, 169 and 143, respectively in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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Report: Key evidence was spoliated in an investigation relating the murder of Tahir Elçi
Turkish journalist Cevheri Guven reports that the most crucial evidence that might lead to the discovery of the perpetrator of the assassination of Tahir Elci was removed from the investigation file and spoliated in the Turkish Institution of Forensic Medicine. According to a bombshell news story published in Boldmedya spoliation of the evidence was carried out at the order of the President of the Institution of Forensic Medicine.
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Insecure property rights threaten Turkish economy
As of 5th September, 2019, the SDIF controls and manages 998 seized companies, and also the assets of 113 real persons. As announced on the web site of the SDIF, the total worth of the seized companies is 58.94 billion Turkish liras (appx. 10 Billion USD).
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Statement |6 September 2019
The unlawful & unjust sentence given to Mrs Canan Kaftancioglu | Sayin Canan Kaftancioglu’na verilen haksiz ve adil olmayan hapis cezasi.
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Infographic on purge of the Turkish Judiciary
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La situación en Turquía al inicio del año judicial 2019
Hasta la fecha, más de 1500 abogados han sido procesados y 599 han sido arrestados. 321 abogados han sido condenados a 2022 años de prisión por pertenencia a una organización terrorista armada o por difundir propaganda terrorista.
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The Right to Free Association Vanished in Turkey
The right to freedom of assembly and association has been severely restricted in Turkey under increasingly authoritarian regime of president Erdogan.
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New Report: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey
As 2019 Judicial Year starts on 1st of September tomorrow in Turkey. The Arrested Lawyers Initiative published a new report named Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey. According to report, since 2016’s coup attempt, there has been a relentless… Read More ›
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Situation in Turkey While 2019 Judicial Year Begins
The judicial year starts on 1st of September every year in Turkey. The judicial recess which starts 20th of July ends on 1st of September. Since, 1 September, 2019 is Sunday, Judicial Year opening ceremony will take place on 2 September in… Read More ›
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Factsheet: Turkish Constitutional Court
Stats are quite alarming both with regard to sheer volume of the cases considered and low percentage of the decisions establish a right violation. It is self-evident that a Court with 15 members cannot duly render 186.701 decisions within seven years, and a Court which dismisses 96% of the applications cannot be regarded as providing an effective remedy.
Since 2014, and increasingly after the attempted coup of 2016, the TCC has aligned with the AKP Government. Although, the TCC rarely delivers decisions upholding rights and freedoms, these decisions are perceived as strategical decisions to prevent the ECtHR from reversing its decision recognizing the TCC as an effective remedy.
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Factsheet on Turkey’s state of emergency dismissals
The @ArrestedLawyers Initiative published a factsheet on Turkey’s state of emergency dismissals. It includes the latest statistics on the Inquiry Commission’s work, criteria applied for the dismissals and the definition of the connection and cohesion made by Ankara Regional Appeal Court.
