After a fact-finding mission, the international coalition expressed profound concern over the ongoing harassment, arbitrary detention, and mistreatment of lawyers in Turkey.
Arrested Lawyers
Defence on Trial: A Turkish Lawyer’s Battle for Justice and Survival
Turkish lawyer Hendekci, imprisoned for 5 years, continues to fight for justice and calls for solidarity from the International Bar Association. Having been vindicated by the Constitutional Court, Hendekci is both pressing for accountability and fighting for an acquittal in her retrial.
EP on Turkey: The state of democracy, rights and freedoms is deplorable
The European Parliament adopted its annual Turkey report which found the state of democracy, rights and freedoms is deplorable and condemned systemic rights violations.
Innocent Lives Lost: Crackdown on Lawyers Takes a Toll
Recently, lawyer Nesimi Yalçınoğlu died, becoming yet another victim of the Turkish judiciary, which has been weaponised by the Erdogan government to rule by fear.
How having ‘the wrong’ dish led to imprisonment for terrorism
The case of lawyer Erol Altintas has highlighted the worrying practice of Turkish courts of using perfectly legal activities as grounds for criminal conviction, as well as ignoring relevant rulings by the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee, raising doubts about the fairness and independence of the country’s legal system.
New FIDU report exposes the misuse of anti-terror laws in Turkey
Italian Federation for Human Rights today published a new report on the misuse of the anti-terrorism framework by Turkish authorities.