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Category Archives: Urgent Action
Amnesty issues Urgent Action on Curfews
Amnesty International has issued an Urgent Action, calling attention to rights abuses in Turkey as security forces launch military operations against the armed Revolutionary Patriotic Youth Movement (YDG-H) the youth wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The clashes have … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Anti-terrorism, Excessive Force, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, Military, Minorities, PKK, Terrorism, Turkey, Urgent Action
Tagged Amnesty International, Cizre, Curfew, Diyarbakir, Medical Care, SIlopi, Sur, Taybet Inan, Turkey, Urgent Action
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Join Amnesty’s call for Justice in the Murder of Tahir Elci
Abdi Ipekci. Uğur Mumcu. Hrant Dink. And then, on November 28 of this year, Tahir Elçi. The murder of journalists and human rights defenders in Turkey has a long and tragic history. More often than not, the circumstances of the … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Andrew Gardner, Internet Freedom, Kurds, Turkey, Urgent Action
Tagged Amnesty International, Andrew Gardern, Cale Salih, impunity, Kurds, PKK, Tahir Elci
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Turkey: Don’t Deport Arubika Suleymanova. Amnesty Issues Urgent Action
Days after it condemned the murder of a Tajik opposition figure in Istanbul, Amnesty International has issued an urgent action in the case of Arubika Suleymanova, a Russian citizen of Chechen origin, who is facing deportation from Turkey. Amnesty is … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Arubika Suleymanova, Chechen, Deportation, Due Process, Russia, Terrorism, Torture, Urgent Action
Tagged Amnesty International, Turkey
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Urgent Action Issued in case of conscientious objector Haluk Selam Tufanlı [Updated 12 December]
Amnesty International has issued an Urgent Action in the case of Haluk Selam Tufanlı, a conscientious objector who this week was imprisoned by a military court in Northern Cyprus after he refused to take part in a one-day military training … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Cyprus, Prisoner of Conscience, Urgent Action
Tagged Conscientious Objection, Northern Cyprus, Prisoner of Conscience, Turkey
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