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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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TALI/TUHRAP makes its first submission to UK Foreign Office
Turkey Human Rights Accountability Projects makes its first submission to UK Foreign Office to have notable abusers of human rights in Turkey placed on the United Kingdom’s sanction list.
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Sanliurfa / Halfeti Torture Case: On the second anniversary impunity continues
18 May 2021 marks the second anniversary of the torture incident which took place in Sanliurfa province of Turkey between 18 May 2019 and 28 May 2019, and victimized some fifty individuals.
Within the scope of Turkey Human Rights Accountability Project, the Arrested Lawyers Initiative summarily translated the report of Human Rights Center of Sanliurfa Bar Association to English. We also worked with renowned Italian artist Gianluca Costantini who illustrated the accounts of the victims.
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ILO / Turkey: The closure of the 19 unions and punishment of their executives and members are unlawful
On 24 Marh 2021, the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation approved the reports of its committees which concluded that Turkey breached its obligations under the ILO conventions, namely the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158).
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Report: 68 members of Diyarbakır Bar Association are subject to an investigation or prosecution
According to a report published by the Center for Lawyers’ Rights of Diyarbakir Bar Association, the lawyers registered with Diyarbakir Bar Association are under systematic judicial harassment. The report reveals that there are seventy-eight ongoing investigations and prosecutions against at least… Read More ›
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Reports ›
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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
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Report Update: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey (2016-2020)
30 July 2020
Unjust / Wrongful Convictions ›
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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
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The UN publishes the statistic about Turkey’s 2020 UPR cycle.
29 January 2021
