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A rights group consists of lawyers making advocacy to ensure lawyers and human rights defenders perform their duty without fear of intimidation, reprisal and judicial harassment.
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative is the member of the International Observatory for Lawyers.
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ECHR: Pretrial detention of Amnesty Turkey chair breached the Convention
European Court of Human Rights found on 31 May 2022 that the pretrial detention of lawyer Taner Kılıç then president of Amnesty Turkey between June 2017 and August 2018 breached his several rights envisaged in the European Convention on Human Rights
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Turkey convicts yet another lawyer: Can Atalay was sentenced to 18 years in prison, without any evidence
In the show Gezi Park trial, lawyer Can Atalay, member of Istanbul Bar Association and six other defendants were sentenced to 18 years in prison, while human rights defender Osman Kavala was sentenced to life imprisonment on 25 April 2022…. Read More ›
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Lawyers in Ankara have been subjected to illegal surveillance through the use of bugs and spyware
After having conducted a digital examination that triggered a physical search, the Turkish lawyer and digital forensics expert, Dr. Levent Mazılıguney, found traces of spyware in the business computers of ten lawyers, and also located bugs at four law offices… Read More ›
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Report: No Country for Purge Victims
No Country for Purge Victims| Lives of the purge victims are in shambles three and half years after the end of the state of emergency.
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New Report: ‘The Crackdown’ against lawyers in Turkey
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative published published its new report on the systematic attacks against the legal profession in Turkey.
The report reveals 474 lawyers have been sentenced to a total of 2,966 years in prison.
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative 