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• The UN: Detention of Turkish couple who are purged judges is arbitrary and unlawful

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 6 October 2019

  

  The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opted that detention of Melike Göksan and Mehmet Fatih Göksan who were judges in the province of Adana (Turkey), was arbitrary and unlawful. Melike Göksan and Mehmet Fatih Göksan are married. They were… Read More ›

• Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism Provision by Turkey is steadily increasing

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 23 September 2019 • ( 9 )

  

  According to our survey there is a steady increase in the use of anti-terrorism law on individuals by public prosecutors. These statistics highlight that Turkish public prosecutors have filed 337.722 charges under Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code within the last six-years.

• Attacks on lawyers!

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 19 September 2019

    CONDEMNATION | Physical Attack on lawyers in Mardin, Turkey. | Ongoing assaults against lawyers are the echo of the Turkish Govt's praxis identifying lawyers w/ their clients which has been resulting in the detention of 100s of lawyers. @ProtectLawyers… Read More ›

• Protect Filipino lawyers! | Joint call by international legal community

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 17 September 2019

  

  The Arrested Lawyers Initiative cosigned a petition initiated by the Lawyers for Lawyers expressing deep concern over the increasing attacks against lawyers in the Philippines and the oppressive working environment they face since the start of President Duterte’s administration. The petition… Read More ›

• Report: There still 143 lawyers in Turkish prisons

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 17 September 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  In response to a parliamentary question of Mr Sezgin Tanrikulu, the Turkish Ministry of Justice announced the number of lawyers held in prison by years. According to the Ministry of Justice the number of lawyers remanded in pretrial detention by years as following: 354, 487, 169 and 143, respectively in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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