An ongoing state of emergency set a backdrop for violations of human rights. Dissent was ruthlessly suppressed, with journalists, political activists and human rights defenders among those targeted.
Amnesty Country Profiles
UN The Universal Human Rights Index
The Universal Human Rights Index provides easy access to country-specific human rights information emanating from international human rights mechanisms in the United Nations system: the Treaty Bodies, the Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
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HRW World Report 2017
World Report 2018 is Human Rights Watch’s 28th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017.
What is Bylock?
Tens of thousands of people in Turkey are arrested on account of having downloaded the “Bylock Secure Communication App”. The Erdogan regime regards the mere fact that one downloaded or used this app as sufficient evidence to incriminate him/her in terrorism charges.
Whether the Bylock App which constitutes the ground for detention of tens of thousands of people including teachers, journalists, artists, lawyers, academics, and even football players a handy pretext for mass arrests or a serious criminal finding is a question worthy of investigatory attention.Continue reading
European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) protects the human rights of people in countries that belong to the Council of Europe.
The Council of Europe was founded after the Second World War to protect human rights and the rule of law, and to promote democracy.
The Convention consists of numbered ‘articles’ protecting basic human rights.
The Convention guarantees specific rights and freedoms and prohibits unfair and harmful practices.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Universal Declaration) is an international document that states basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled.
The Universal Declaration was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948. Motivated by the experiences of the preceding world wars, the Universal Declaration was the first time that countries agreed on a comprehensive statement of inalienable human rights.
Why Turkey’s human rights violations won’t end up in court
Turkey recently called snap elections to be held June 24, even as it extended the state of emergency for a seventh time since a failed coup attempt in 2016. And in the wake of a 2017 constitutional referendum that vested extraordinary powers in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, observers warn that Turkey is on the fast track to authoritarianism.Continue reading
European Human Rights Court condemns Turkey over jailed journalists
Turkey acted illegally by detaining two prominent journalists who were arrested in the wake of the military coup attempt in July 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled.
It is the first judgement by the Strasbourg court relating to the situation facing journalists in the country, which imprisons more media workers than any other in the world – according to one campaign group.Continue reading
Turkey slams UN over human rights report
UN rights office calls for halt to ‘continued deterioration of human rights’ in a report described by Ankara as biased.
Turkey has slammed a United Nations report, which says the state of emergency in the country have led to profound human rights violations, as “biased” and “unacceptable”.Continue reading
Thank you for helping to free Taner Kılıç
After 435 days, Taner was finally released from prison yesterday and reunited with his overjoyed family. I don’t think I was the only one who got teary-eyed when I saw the images of Taner, his wife, and daughters meeting for the first time in over a year.Continue reading