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Reports: Turkey’s Judicial Reform Strategy is cosmetic and far from producing positive impacts
The International Commission of Jurists and the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) published the briefing paper assessing the reforms proposed by the Turkish Government in its Judicial Reform Strategy. The briefing paper assesses the proposed reforms in light of the… Read More ›
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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 ›
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Factsheet on Turkey’s state of emergency dismissals
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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Comprehensive Report on Turkey’s Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures
Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP) published a comprehensive report on Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures. Having examined 193 applications and the Inquiry Commission’s decisions as to these applications, TLSP concluded as following: The Commission which was… Read More ›
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Istanbul Regional Appeal Court upheld 159 years prison term given to 18 lawyers
Istanbul Regional Appeal Court has upheld the Istanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court’s judgment dated 20 March 2019 which condemned eighteen lawyers to a 159-year prison term in total. The lawyers who were sentenced to more than 5 years still have… Read More ›
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Today in Crackdown ›
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Commissioner for HRs: Turkish Constitutional Court cannot be relied upon to remedy violations resulting from internet blocking
25 November 2019
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Persecution of Lawyers in Turkey | November 2019 | Seventeen lawyers have been victimized
24 November 2019
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A Turkish lawyer who is legal counsel to foreign embassies in Ankara was detained
23 November 2019
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Factsheet: Enforced Disappearances and Turkey
18 November 2019
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Istanbul Regional Appeal Court upheld 159 years prison term given to 18 lawyers
17 October 2019
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General Assembly of the Union of Turkish Bars is to be held for electing its new president
16 October 2019
Situation in Turkey ›
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The Right to Free Association Vanished in Turkey
2 September 2019
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Anniversaries: the good, the bad and the ugly
17 December 2018
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Video: Persecution of Turkish Lawyers
24 September 2018
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Erdogan gets infinite authority over the national and provincial bar associations
24 September 2018
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21 Lawyers were sentenced in Istanbul
20 August 2018
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Report: ‘Defence for Defenders’
9 July 2018
Unjust / Wrongful Convictions ›
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Opinions by the United Nation Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Human Rights Committee
7 October 2019
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The UN: Detention of Turkish couple who are purged judges is arbitrary and unlawful
6 October 2019
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Report: There still 143 lawyers in Turkish prisons
17 September 2019
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New Report: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey
1 September 2019
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Update: Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | Unjust Arrests and Convictions (2016-2019).
28 May 2019
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Turkish Court sentences four lawyers in Trabzon.
28 April 2019
