International human rights organisations from nine countries urged Turkish Government not to discriminate against political prisoners in its forthcoming early parole bill.
Our Statements
Bar Associations of Turkey: Turkey has become the largest prisoner of lawyers
Turkey | 25 Bar Associations made a 7-article declaration:
i. The Council of Judges and Prosecutors has entirely politicized,
ii. Turkey is experiencing the most severe judicial crisis of its history,
iii. Turkey has become the largest prisoner of lawyers.
Day of Endangered Lawyer 2020
Our statement on the occasion of Day of the Endangered Lawyers. #Pakistan #DayoftheEndangeredLawyer @OBS_defenders @HRCP87 @Pbbarcouncil @CCBEinfo @ProtectLawyers @UIAdefense @JusticeDefend @IBAHRI pic.twitter.com/QyFjTyxg9q — The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) January 24, 2020
Our statement on the fourth anniversary of the murder of Tahir Elci, then president of @Diyarbakirbaro
#TahirElçisiz4Yıl #TahirElci | Our statement on the fourth anniversary of the murder of Tahir Elci, then president of @Diyarbakirbaro. @CCBEinfo @ProtectLawyers @AbogaciayDDHH @IBAHRI @BarHumanRights @UIAdefense @DAVbxl @LSHumanRights @CihnAydin pic.twitter.com/hLAxvvrnA5 — The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) November 28, 2019 See: http://https-arrestedlawyers-org-2019-09-11-report-a-key-evidence-was-spoliated-in-investigation-relating-the-murder-of-tahir-elci-2/
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 ›
International statement of solidarity
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative cosigned a statement initiated by the Lawyers for Lawyers expressing solidarity with our Dutch colleagues after Mr. Wiersum, a well-respected lawyer and deputy judge, was shot in broad daylight right outside his house in Amsterdam in the… Read More ›