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Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the executives of Ankara and Istanbul bar associations
Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the presidents of Istanbul and Ankara bar associations as well as their board members.
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Interview: Adv. Irma van den Berg, the president of Lawyers for Lawyers
Our third interview is with Irma van den Berg who is the president of Lawyers for Lawyers, since 1 July 2019. Ms Berg is a lawyer at Six Advocaten and has served as a board member of Lawyers for Lawyers for the last 10 years.
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Factsheet: Turkey- the State of Emergency Dismissals and Inquiry (Appeal) Commission
The @ArrestedLawyers Initiative published a factsheet on Turkey’s state of emergency dismissals. It includes the latest statistics on the Inquiry Commission’s work, criteria applied for the dismissals and the definition of the connection and cohesion made by Ankara Regional Appeal Court.
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Joint Statement: NGOs call on the EU to consider sanctioning Turkey’s human rights abusers
Statement on European Union’s new Global Human Rights Sanctions (The Magnitsky Law) and Turkey We, the undersigned organizations, welcome the European Union’s new Global Human Rights Sanctions (The Magnitsky Law) regime which will enable the EU to address serious human… Read More ›
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New report: Lawyers without Licence
Report: Lawyers Without Licence Tahir Elçi Human Rights Foundation published a report named Lawyers without Licence on the Turkish Ministry of Justice’s relatively new policy against those perceived as the member of the opposition groups. The report written by Adv…. Read More ›
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Reports ›
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Factsheet: Turkey- the State of Emergency Dismissals and Inquiry (Appeal) Commission
31 December 2020
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Venice Commission: The 2020 amendments to the Attorneyship Law endangers the independence of legal profession in Turkey.
9 October 2020
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Report Update: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey (2016-2020)
30 July 2020
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Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism Provision by Turkey is steadily increasing (2013-2019)
6 July 2020
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Joint Report | Impunity: An Unchanging Rule in Turkey
19 June 2020
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Factsheet on Turkey’s Criminal Justice System
15 April 2020
Unjust / Wrongful Convictions ›
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Report: 68 members of Diyarbakır Bar Association are subject to an investigation or prosecution
8 April 2021
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The Global Magnitsky Laws: How they can protect human rights defenders, including lawyers
1 March 2021
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The UN publishes the statistic about Turkey’s 2020 UPR cycle.
29 January 2021
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Report Update: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey (2016-2021)
18 January 2021
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Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the executives of Ankara and Istanbul bar associations
16 January 2021
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Grand Chamber of the ECtHR: Turkey’s anti-terror provision is not foreseeable
22 December 2020
