Author Archives
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Diyarbakir Court sentences thirteen lawyers to 38-month incarceration
On 17 February, 2020, the Diyarbakir Heavy Penal Code sentenced thirteen lawyers to thirty seven months and fifteen days of incarceration.
If the judgment is upheld by the Appeal Court, the lawyers will be incarcerated and disbarred.
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Turkish Bar Associations call for resignation of the members of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors
Thirty bar associations called for the resignation of the members of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) over its systematic intervention into the judicial process and (re)detention of individuals even before or just after their release. The latest instance was replacing three judges and initiating an investigation against them who acquitted Osman Kavala and others in conformity with the judgment of European Court of Human Rights.
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Commissioner for Human Rights of the COE urges Turkey to implement the UN Human Rights Committee’s decisions
Commissioner for Human Rights of the COE urges Turkey to implement the UN Human Rights Committee’s decisions regarding detentions based on using Bylock and having account in Bank Asya.
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New Report: Extradition to Turkey: One-way Ticket to Torture and Unfair Trial
On 1 February 2020, the Arrested Lawyers Initiative published an advanced update of its report titled ‘Extradition to Turkey: One-way Ticket to Torture and Unfair Trial’ which was published in February of 2018.
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The German Federal Constitutional Court: Turkey highly likely will not respect minimum standards deriving from international law
The German Federal Constitutional Court (GFCC) decided a lower court’s decision ordering the extradition of an individual to Turkey violated German law and Germany’s obligation deriving from international law.
The GFCC ruled that Turkey highly will not respect minimum standards deriving from international law. Therefore, an extradition decision which relied on the assurances provided by the Turkish government that the prosecution was not based on political grounds was unlawful and thus should be annulled.
