As a last-ditch attempt to defraud victims of their dignity, parole boards force political prisoners to confess their being “terrorists”.
Unjust / Wrongful Convictions
European Parliament condemned the crackdown on lawyers in Turkey and call for the release of imprisoned lawyers
The European Parliament particularly condemned continuing crackdown on lawyers. MEP said:
the Parliament “is appalled by reports of a pattern of persecution of lawyers representing individuals accused of terrorism whereby the lawyers were prosecuted for the same crime as that attributed to their client.”
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 ›
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.
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.
Mexican Supreme Court of Justice: Urgent action requests of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances are binding and mandatory
With a historic judgment, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice concluded that urgent action requests of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances were binding and mandatory to states party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.