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Tag Archives: pre-trial detention
Amnesty: Freedom of Expression in Turkey Deteriorates in 2015
“Countless unfair criminal prosecutions, including under criminal defamation and anti-terrorism laws, targeted political activists, journalists and others critical of public officials or government policy. Ordinary citizens were frequently brought before the courts for social media posts.” That’s the grim portrait … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Andrew Gardner, Anti-terrorism, Cumhuriyet, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Press, Internet Freedom, Kurds, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged 299, Amnesty International, Annual Report 2015, Can Dundar, Cumhuriyet, Digiturk, Erdem Gul, Frederike Geerdink, Gulen, Hidayet Karaca, Jake Hanrahan, Journalists, Mohammad Rassol, Philip Pendlebury, pre-trial detention, Tahir Elci, Turkey, VICE News
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Journalist Fusun Erdogan and seven others released!
Good news today, as Fusun Erdogan and seven others, including two other journalists were finally released from prison.
Posted in Freedom of Expression, PKK, Press Freedom, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Bill Jones, Fusun Erdogan, Journalists, pre-trial detention, Turkey
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Amnesty International Annual Report 2013 on Turkey: Ten Major Issues Highlighted.
Amnesty International has just issued its annual report for 2013 and the section on Turkey is, once again, grim reading. It included ten major issues of concern 1. Some of the worst abuses remain in the area of freedom of … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Conscientious Objection, Excessive Force, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, LGBT Rights, PKK, Press Freedom, Refugees, Turkey
Tagged Abuses by Armed Groups, Amnesty International, Conscientious Objectors, Due Process, excessive force, Fair Trial, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, impunity, LGBT Rights, PKK, pre-trial detention, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers, Shelters, Torture, Turkey, Violence against women
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Hanim Onur is Free… but how many still languish in pre-trial detention? (Updated with new information)
We applaud the Diyarbakir 7th High Criminal Court’s decision today to free Hanım Onur from pre-trial detention to care for her two sick children. The tragedy of the case, in which Onur’s two children, one suffering from epilepsy and the … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Kurds, PKK, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged BDP, Hamim Onur, pre-trial detention, Turkey
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