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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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Report on criminal liabilities with regard to torture incident took place in Ankara Police Headquarters between 20 and 31 May 2019.
This report includes a summary of the report published by the Ankara Bar Association as well as domestic and international legal framework concerning torture and a consolidated list of state officials who are suspected to have ordered, facilitated, carried out concealed the torturing of former Turkish diplomats at Ankara Police HQ.
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Persecution of Lawyers in Turkey | November 2019 | Seventeen lawyers have been victimized
Between 1-30 November 2019, three lawyers were sentenced, six lawyers were detained and seventeen lawyers were subjected to investigations or interdiction orders which preventing them from representing certain individuals. As of 30 November 2019, the number of the lawyers who have been convicted in Turkey since 2016 is 334.
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A Turkish lawyer who is legal counsel to foreign embassies in Ankara was detained
Lawyer Yilmaz Sunar, the member of Istanbul Bar Association, who has been lawyer to German, Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch embassies in Ankara was detained with espionage charge. Mr Sunar is subject to an investigation for his work on behalf of… Read More ›
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Factsheet: Enforced Disappearances and Turkey
The @ArrestedLawyers Initiative published a factsheet titled Enforced Disappearances and Turkey. To download the factsheet as a pdf document click here.
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Reports: Turkey’s Judicial Reform Strategy is cosmetic and far from producing positive impacts
The International Commission of Jurists and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) published the briefing paper assessing the reforms proposed by the Turkish Government in its Judicial Reform Strategy. The briefing paper assesses the proposed reforms in light of the… Read More ›
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Our statement on re-detention of Ahmet Altan
12 Nov 2019 | Re-detention of #AhmetAltan is a proof that any decision by the Turkish judiciary on high profile cases is subject to ex-ante authorization or ex-post review by the Government. @BarHumanRights @davidakaye @IndexCensorship @article19org @ExInt24 @harlemdesir @IBAHRI pic.twitter.com/KUNaIx2GrV… Read More ›