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EESC president urges immediate release of rights activist Kavala

Georges Dassis, president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), said on Thursday he was disappointed by the detention of human rights activist...

German, Swedish rights activists leave Turkey after release from prison

German citizen Peter Frank Steudtner and Swedish national Ali Gharavi, who were released on Wednesday after 112 days in jail along with six other...

Turkish forces deployed to citadel overlooking Kurdish-controlled Afrin canton

Turkish military forces, in an attempt to establish observation posts in de-confliction zones in Syria, were deployed to a citadel on Simeon Mountain, which...

Rights groups say 285 Turkish teachers, families, face risk of deportation from Pakistan

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday that 285 Turkish...

US senators urge Trump to demand Turkey’s Erdoğan respect human rights

A group of US senators led by John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bob Menendez, a member of the Senate...

Turkish court rules Amnesty’s Kılıç remain in pre-trial detention

A day after the release of eight human rights activists by an İstanbul court, a court in Izmir ruled for the continuation of the...

EU welcomes release of activists in Turkey, asks for more

The European Union on Thursday welcomed the release of eight human rights activists, including Amnesty International's Turkey chief Idil Eser, by an Istanbul court...

Schröder met with Erdoğan for release of Steudtner

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to seek the release of German activist Peter Steudtner, Der Spiegel reported...

[UPDATE] 84 more military members sought for detention over alleged Gülen links

The Konya and Trabzon chief public prosecutor’s offices have issued detention warrants for 84 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting...

Detention warrants issued for 121 Turkish diplomats over alleged Gülen links

Amid a non-stop witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, detention warrants were issued on Thursday for 121 Turkish diplomats who were dismissed following the...

[VIDEO] Turkish court releases AI’s İdil Eser, 7 other human rights activists

An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled to release eight human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s Turkey Director İdil Eser, who had been in pretrial...

[VIDEO] 14-year-old boy caught in suitcase while trying to flee Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt

A 14-year-old Turkish boy, identified by the initials S.K., was caught in a suitcase in Turkey’s northeastern border province of Artvin while he was...

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