Tag Archives: Turkish Judicial System

Turkey’s War on Its Intellectuals

Posted on March 17, 2013 by cecbill

Semih Idiz,  commenting recently in  AI Monitor noted that “the number of people charged, mostly under anti-terrorism legislation, for some ‘crime’ that has a political angle… almost matches the number of people in a similar situation under military rule in … Continue reading →

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Turkish Justice: Capital Punishment by Other Means?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by cecbill

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 →

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Still no Justice for Hrant

Posted on January 19, 2013 by cecbill

Hrant Dink, the chief editor of Agos, was gunned down outside his Istanbul office on  January 19, 2007.  Six years ago this day.

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