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Tag Archives: Conscientious Objection
Amnesty on Turkey’s Worsening Human Rights Record: 11 Key Issues
At midnight tonight, Amnesty International issued its Annual Report, The State of the World’s Human Rights. There is grim reading throughout. This was a tough year for human rights worldwide. Below I’ll try to outline the main issues that Amnesty … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Andrew Gardner, Excessive Force, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Gezi Park, Impunity, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom, Taksim, Teargas, Turkey, Women's Rights
Tagged Ahmet Yildiz, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Censorship, Conscientious Objection, Davut Naz, Freedom of Expression, Gezi Park, Housing Rights, Human Rights, impunity, internet freedom, Journalists, Kurds, LGBTI Rights, Press Freedom, Syrian Refugees, Taksim, tear gas, Turkey, Violence against women, water cannon, Women's rights, Yezidi
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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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Turkey: Where Conscientious Objection is a Crime
Fifty-six-year-old conscientious objector Ali Fikri Işık is due to appear in front of a Turkish Military Court on October 22, facing three separate charges of ‘desertion’ that could carry a prison sentence of some two-and-a-half years. When Ali was first … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Expression, Military, Turkey
Tagged Ali Fikri Isik, Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Turkey, Urgent Action
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A victory for freedom of speech and the right to conscientious objection
Four men, including Halil Savda have been acquitted for supporting the right to conscientious objection to military service. They had been charged with “alienating the public from military service.” Savda was also acquitted in a separate, but similar, case in … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Expression, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Expression, Halil Savda, Turkey
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