Category Archives: Urgent Action

Amnesty issues Urgent Action on Curfews

Posted on January 11, 2016 by heissenstat

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 →

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Join Amnesty’s call for Justice in the Murder of Tahir Elci

Posted on December 10, 2015 by heissenstat

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 →

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Turkey: Don’t Deport Arubika Suleymanova. Amnesty Issues Urgent Action

Posted on March 10, 2015 by heissenstat

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 →

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Urgent Action Issued in case of conscientious objector Haluk Selam Tufanlı [Updated 12 December]

Posted on December 5, 2014 by heissenstat

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 →

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