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Constitutional Court judgment exposes the police torture against Turkish lawyer Gürsu Avcı
The Turkish Constitutional Court established that Turkish lawyer Gürsu Avcı was tortured in a police station where he went to provide legal counsel with three suspects. (Gürsu Avcı, B. No: 2017/20159, 13/4/2021) On 19.07.2016, Mr Avcı, who was assigned by… Read More ›
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ECtHR: Arrest and pretrial detention of justices Erdal Tercan and Alparslan Altan is unlawful
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the arrest, pretrial detention and house search of the purged justice of the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC) breached a number of human rights violations and ordered damages to be paid. The judgment is not a surprise as the ECtHR reached the same conclusion in the case of Alparslan Altan who was the other purged justice of the TCC.
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The Philippines: attacks against lawyers further escalating
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative joined thirty organisations that involve lawyers’ organizations, bar associations and human rights NGOs to sign a joint statement on the escalating attacks against lawyers in the Philippines.
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The Arrested Lawyers Initiative in news
References given to the Arrested Lawyers Initiative in English, Spanish, Italian, French and Greek language media.
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Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism Provision by Turkey is steadily increasing (2013-2020)
Official statistics highlight that Turkish public prosecutors have filed more than 420,000 charges under Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code within the last eight-years. What is worse, between 2016 and 2020 more than 265,000 individuals have been sentenced for membership of an armed terrorist organisation.
According to a report of the Council of Europe, Turkey has the largest population of inmates convicted for terrorism-related offences. The report shows there are currently a total of 30524 inmates in COE member states who were sentenced for terrorism, and Of those 29827 are in Turkish prisons.
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European Commission 2021 Turkey Report: Serious backsliding continued on human rights
19 October 2021
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Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism Provision by Turkey is steadily increasing (2013-2020)
10 June 2021
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Sanliurfa / Halfeti Torture Case: On the second anniversary impunity continues
17 May 2021
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The World Justice Project: Turkey ranks 123rd out of 128 countries concerning respect to fundamental rights
15 March 2021
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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
Unjust / Wrongful Convictions ›
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Third Party Intervention by FIDU on the abusive use of Turkish anti-terror provision
15 October 2021
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Mexican Supreme Court of Justice: Urgent action requests of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances are binding and mandatory
22 August 2021
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ECtHR: Arrest and pretrial detention of justices Erdal Tercan and Alparslan Altan is unlawful
5 July 2021
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ILO / Turkey: The closure of the 19 unions and punishment of their executives and members are unlawful
18 April 2021
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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
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative 