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LAWYER SELCUK KOZAGACLI WAS ARRESTED
Lawyer Selcuk Kozagacli who is the president of CHD-Progressive Lawyers Association that was shut down with an emergency decree was arrested in Istanbul after 5-day police custody.
Mr. Kozagacli became the 556th arrested Turkish lawyers since the last year’s controversial coup attempt. -
Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (1-13 November)
Lawyer Selcuk Kozagacli who is the president of Progressive Lawyers Association that was shut down with an emergency decree was arrested in Istanbul.
17 lawyers were taken into custody and 40 lawyers were indicted with the charge to be the member of the armed terrorist organization. -
17 Turkish lawyers are under police custody
As of the moment 17 Turkish lawyers are under police custody in four different provinces.
Eight lawyers have been under police custody since 1st of November in Kastamonu, and a lawyer has been under police custody since 2nd of November in Batman.
Today, seven woman lawyers were detained in the province of Erzurum and also lawyer Selcuk Kozagacli who is the president of Progressive Lawyers Association that is shut down with an emergency decree was detained in Istanbul.
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Lawyer Engin Gokoglu was subjected torture in prison
As it was reported by People’s Law Office, on 30th October, lawyer Engin Gokoglu was beaten and subjected torture by corrections officers in the Tekirdag Prisonhouse. …
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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (23-29 October)
The 20 Members of Konya Bar Association were sentenced range to 2 and 11 years imprisonment
2 LAWYERS WERE ARRESTED IN ISTANBUL
DETENTION WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE 8 MEMBERS OF IZMIR BAR ASSOCIATION
TWO WOMAN LAWYERS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN THE PROVINCE OF ISPARTA -
The 20 Members of Konya Bar Association Including Former President Kayacan were sentenced range to 2 and 11 years imprisonment
The 20 Members of Konya Bar Association were sentenced range to 2 and 11 years only because of doing their profession with integrity. So far, 59 Turkish lawyers were sentenced to long imprisonment.
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DETENTION WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE 8 MEMBERS OF IZMIR BAR ASSOCIATION
Detention warrant issued for 8 lawyers in Izmir, 6 lawyers are presently under police custody in Izmir Police HQ.
Also 2 lawyers were arrested in Istanbul within scope of police operation against The Law Office of the Oppressed (EHB) -
Our message on the occasion of European Lawyers Day
We, The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, sincerely congratulate your European Lawyers Day, today, 25th October is also the first anniversary of our initiative which was founded to speak up and struggle for the arrested lawyers.
Lawyers are the sine qua non of rule of law and fair, independent, impartial judiciary and also the most important and effective safeguard against torture and ill-treatment. -
Erdogan Regime’s war against books
I decided to write this writ when I recently read a column by Ariel Dorfman published in the Newyork Review of Books. …
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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (10-19 October)
Between 10 and 19 October, 5 lawyers were sentenced range to 1 and 13 years.
5 lawyers were detained.
As of 19th October 2017, 552 lawyers have been arrested (since 15th July) & 1403 lawyers are under prosecution. So far, 39 lawyers were sentenced to long imprisonment. -
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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5 Lawyers including former president of the Erzurum Bar Association sentenced range to 1 and 13 years
On 10th October, former President of Erzurum Bar Association, lawyer Mehmet Guzel who is under arrest since 4th August 2016, was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment with charge of to run armed terrorist organisation; along with him, 4 other lawyers… Read More ›
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Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (2-8 October)
2 lawyers were sentenced to 6 and 9 years imprisonment.
8 lawyers were taken into custody. -
Detention warrant was issued for 8 lawyers by Mersin Prosecutorial Office
Detention warrant was issued for 8 lawyers by Mersin Prosecutorial Office yesterday. Lawyers Ali Bozan, Sebahat Genc, Bedri Kuran, Mehmet Altuntaş, Rıza Oğuz, Özgür Çağlar, Erhan Çiftçiler, Emrullah Şam and Onur Kale who are the members of Mersin and Van Bar Association are the subjects of detention warrant. Thus, number of lawyers subjected criminal prosecution since 15th July 2016 raised to 1398.
