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Tag Archives: Sledgehammer
Amnesty’s Annual Report 2015: “Marked Deterioration” of Human Rights in Turkey
In a few short pages, Amnesty International’s 2015 Annual Report detailed a rapidly deteriorating human rights environment in Turkey, particularly after the 2015 parliamentary elections and the outbreak of violence between the Turkish government and Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in … Continue reading
Posted in Amnesty International, Andrew Gardner, Anti-terrorism, Due Process, Excessive Force, Kurds, Military, Minorities, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Amnesty International, Annual Report 2015, Gulen, HDP, Human Rights, Kurds, PKK, Sledgehammer, Turkey
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UN Working Group on Arbitary Detentinons: Sledgehammer defendants held in contravention to Universal Declaration on Human Rights
In yet another public rebuke of Turkey’s politicized court system, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions has issued a report on the detainees in the alleged Sledgehammer coup trial. The working group report states that the government failed … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Expression, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged arbitrary detentions, Balyoz, Due Process, Sledgehammer, United Nations, united nations working group
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Turkish Justice: Capital Punishment by Other Means?
Are Turkish authorities denying health care as a means of punishment? Sibel Utku Bilal highlights the cavalier treatment of prisoners’ health in Turkish prisons in her recent article for AI-Monitor. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, head of the Human Rights Foundation of … Continue reading
Posted in Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged Balyoz, Ergenekon, General Ergin Saygun, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Sledgehammer, Turkish Judicial System, Turkish Prisons
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