Between 13-27 February, 14 lawyers were taken into custody, 3 lawyers were arrested, 2 lawyers were convicted and a lawyer was subjected to torture.
Unjust / Wrongful Convictions
Newsletter | The Persecution on Turkish Lawyers (5-12 Feb)
Six lawyers were sentenced, two lawyers were detained. The number of the lawyers so far have been convicted raised to 97.
Newsletter| The Persecution on Turkish Lawyers (25 Jan- 5 Feb)
8 Lawyers were sentenced ranging from 6 to 9 years. A lawyer was taken into custody and a lawyer was arrested.
Thus the number of Turkish lawyers who so far have been convicted raised to 88.
Weekly Report: The Persecution On Turkish Lawyers (1-25 January 2018)
REPORT: Between 1-25 January 2018, eight lawyers sentenced and nineteen lawyers were detained in Turkey. So far 572 Turkish lawyers have been arrested.
Lawyers to Alpay, Altan say Constitutional Court rulings are binding on all
Lawyers Engin Cinmen, Figen Albuga Çalıkuşu, Ferat Çağıl and Melike Polat who represent jailed journalists Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay issued a statement regarding non-implementation of the Turkish Constitutional Court’s decisions order release of their clients. In the statement, the lawyers… Read More ›
The New Low From Turkish Judiciary: First Instance Courts Disregards The Constitutional Court
Istanbul’s 26th and 13th High Criminal Courts have refused to comply with the order of Turkey’s Constitutional Court for the release of jailed veteran journalists Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan on Thursday evening, according to a report by Turkish media.