HRDfactsheet: 2021/1 POLITICAL PERSECUTION AGAINSTTHE GÜLEN MOVEMENT Since 2014, the Turkish state apparatus is willingly targeting the Gülen movement and its sympathizers. A notorious tool
Together with the International Observatory of Human Rights we, joined by scores of leading human rights organizations and esteemed members of civil society groups from
TAG DER MENSCHENRECHTE – 10.12.2020 Am 10. Dezember jährt sich zum 72. Mal die Verabschiedung der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte der Vereinten Nationen. An diesem
Dieser Artikel wurde von Lawyers in Exile vorbereitet und von Human Rights Defenders e.V. übersetzt Mit der neuen Gesetzgebung bezüglich der Anwaltskammern, und der Rede
We strongly condemn the recent torture and ill-treatment of 27 young women (among them 23 University Students) under Police custody in Uşak-Turkey. The torture and
Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, in his capacity made a call to stakeholders to
After 2016’s failed coup attempt, Turkey forsook the rule of law. The Erdoğan Regime has suspended or dismissed more than 125,000 civil servants, including judges,
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives
Angesichts der weltweiten Ausbreitung der COVID-Pandemie, drohen die Gefängnisse zu gefährlichen Krisenherden zu werden. Es ist dringender denn je, dass alle Verantwortlichen Maßnahmen zum Schutz
THE JUDICIARY IN TURKEY:INEFFICIENT AND UNDER POLITICAL CONTROL In recent years, Turkey has experienced a massive deterioration in the independence and impartiality of both the
