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Turkey sees tightened government control in run-up to elections: HRW

Turkey’s government has increased its censorship powers and targeted perceived critics and opponents with bogus criminal proceedings and prison sentences in advance of the...

Turkey violates Afghans’ right to apply for int’l protection through deportations or pushbacks at Iranian border: HRW

Turkey is deporting tens of thousands of Afghans directly to Afghanistan or pushing them back at its land border with Iran without checking to...

HRW accuses Turkish authorities of disrupting water supply to Syria amid cholera outbreak

The New-York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Turkish authorities of exacerbating an acute water crisis that is believed to have given rise...

Rights groups call Turkey’s new media law ‘dangerous, dystopian’

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and ARTICLE 19 have condemned the approval of amendments by the Turkish Parliament last week which they said introduce abusive...

Recycling facility workers in Turkey suffer from serious health problems due to processing-related toxins

Workers in Turkish recycling plants suffer serious health problems from the effects of harsh chemicals and air pollution, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported,...

HRW calls on Turkey not to transfer Khashoggi trial to Saudi Arabia

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Turkish government on Wednesday to reverse a plan approved by the justice minister and rubber-stamped by a...

Turkey intervened in 320 peaceful demonstrations in 5 months: report

Turkish law enforcement intervened in 320 peaceful demonstrations across the country and detained at least 2,123 people, violating protestors’ right to assembly, between January...

HRW: Missing dual Turkish-Kyrgyz citizen risks torture, removal to Turkey

Kyrgyz authorities should investigate the disappearance of Orhan İnandı, founder of a network of education institutions in Kyrgyzstan, amid concern that he may be...

Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention poses dangerous risks for region: HRW

In its statement on the 10th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women,...

HRW says time to focus on human rights in EU’s Turkey agenda

Philippe Dam, advocacy director of the Human Rights Watch for Europe and Central Asia division, has called on the EU to raise its voice...

HRW says thousands of Gülen followers in Turkish prisons on bogus terrorism charges

The arrest of thousands of people in Turkey due to their links to the faith-based Gülen movement is highlighted in the latest report by...

Online event sheds light on Turkey’s enforced disappearances

The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led symbolic international tribunal to review and deliver judgment on Turkey’s human rights record, held a webinar on Wednesday...

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