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Tag Archives: Fourth Judicial Package
Human Rights Watch: Turkey “increasingly autocratic”
Human Rights Watch issued its annual report today. The section on Turkey notes some positive steps, including a reform package, efforts at a peace process with Kurds in Turkey, and the hosting of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. Nonetheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Excessive Force, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Hrant Dink, Impunity, Kurds, Minorities, PKK, Press Freedom, Religious Freedom, Turkey
Tagged Censorship, criminalization of dissent, Diren Gezi, Erdogan, excessive force, Fazil Say, Fourth Judicial Package, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, gas canisters, Gezi Park, hrant dink, Human Rights, human rights watch, impunity, Journalists, Justice and Development Party, Kurds, Muharrem Erbey, Press Freedom, Roboski, Taksim, Uludere
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Sign the Petition. Fight for Freedom of Expression in Turkey.
As we’ve written in previous posts, the Fourth Judicial Package passed earlier this month marked some important improvements for freedom of expression in Turkey. But the hard reality is that it did not go nearly far enough. Rather than push … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Turkey
Tagged Amnesty International, buyasaylaolmaz, Fazil Say, Fourth Judicial Package, Turkey
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The 4th Judicial Package: Some Preliminary Observations
As many of you know, Amnesty has been working, these past weeks, to pressure the Turkish government to revise and expand its goals for the Fourth Judicial Package. That package was passed with some amendments yesterday. Amnesty staff is now … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Press Freedom, Turkey
Tagged Ali Babacan, Amnesty International, Fourth Judicial Package, Social Media, Turkey
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One minute….
It is more than just a moment of high political theater in Turkey’s recent history. It is also approximately how long it will take you to make a real contribution to protecting freedom of expression in Turkey. One voice is … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Turkey
Tagged Amnesty International, anti-terror laws, buyasaylaolmaz, Censorship, criminalization of dissent, Decriminalize Dissent, dissent, Erdogan, Fourth Judicial Package, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, petition, Turkey
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Turkey’s War on Journalists
The Turkish war on journalists is, by this time, well documented. Reporters without Borders has called Turkey “the world’s biggest prison for journalists.” And imprisonment is only one of the ways that authorities have worked to silence journalists in Turkey. … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, Press Freedom, Turkey
Tagged Amberin Zaman, Amnesty International, defamation cases, Dexter Filkins, Ece Temelkuran, Erdogan, Fourth Judicial Package, Hasan Cemal, Human Rights, Journalists, Lawsuit, Nuray Mert, Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders, Turkey
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Poets, Scholars, and other Terrorists
A gaffe has been famously defined by Michael Kinsley as telling a truth the politician didn’t intend to admit. Maybe that is what happened when former Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin made this infamous speech: …the work of a terrorist … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Freedom, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, Turkey
Tagged Amnesty International, anti-terrorism, buyasaylaolmaz, criminalization of dissent, Fourth Judicial Package, Idris Naim Sahin, Turkey
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In Erdogan’s Turkey, even children get sued
In a previous posting, we noted in passing that Prime Minister Erdogan is suing seven high school students for publicly calling him “lightbulb Erdogan.” Another student faces a two-year sentence in prison for throwing darts at the Prime Minister’s photograph. … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Freedom of Expression, Press Freedom, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amnesty International, anti-defamation law, Erdogan, Fourth Judicial Package, Prime Minister Erdogan, Reform, Turkey
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Amnesty Issues Freedom of Expression Report
Amnesty International has published a new report on Freedom of Expression in Turkey. Based on trial observations, the review of hundreds of criminal cases, and “interviews with civil society organizations, lawyers, academics, individuals under prosecution and public officials,” the report … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, Military, PKK, Press Freedom, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amnesty International, Decriminalize Dissent, Fourth Judicial Package, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Turkey
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Human Rights Watch Report: Strengthen Law Reform Bill
Earlier this week, Human Rights Watch issued a report on prospective judicial reform in Turkey. While it notes several positive steps, it highlights a series of weaknesses in the reforms currently envisioned, including the fact that “reforms leave unchanged article … Continue reading
Posted in Conscientious Objection, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, Military, PKK, Turkey
Tagged Emma Sinclair-Webb, Fourth Judicial Package, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, human rights watch, impunity, Turkey
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Take action! Call on Turkey to Decriminalize Dissent and Offer Real Reform
This Spring promises to be a historic one for Turkey and its citizens. Yesterday, jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a cease fire as part of his on-going negotiations with Turkish authorities. [Look here for Amnesty’s statement in response … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Press Freedom, Turkey
Tagged Abdullah Ocalan, Action, Amnesty, Amnesty International, Censorship, Fourth Judicial Package, Freedom of Association, Human Rights, Judicial Reform, PKK, Turkey
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