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University of Oslo grants Human Rights Award to academic Gözaydın

The University of Oslo (UIO) has granted the Human Rights Award for 2017 to Turkish academic and activist Professor İştar Gözaydın for her efforts...

UN official says state of emergency measures target criticism, not terrorism, in Turkey

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has voiced concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in Turkey, saying that measures...

CoE human rights commissioner urges Turkey to restore freedom of expression

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's (CoE) commissioner for human rights, said on Tuesday that the space for democratic debate in Turkey has shrunk alarmingly...

Human Rights Watch: Lawyer says police tortured clients by squeezing testicles

An Istanbul-based lawyer told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that police officers tortured her two clients by squeezing their testicles and forcing them to undress,...

Human Rights Watch: Detainee suffers from frozen shoulder after ill-treatment in custody

Forced to stay in a stress position for long hours, one of Turkey’s post-coup detainees suffered from frozen shoulder, a forensic specialist told Human...

Rights watchdogs, press groups urge Turkey to end emergency abuses

Global human rights organizations as well as press freedom associations have urged the Turkish government to end its abuses against perceived critics committed under...

UN warns Turkey’s purge could violate international law after 40,000 detained

The United Nations has warned Turkey that wide-ranging purges and arrests following a failed coup “go beyond what can be justified” and may violate international...

Main opposition deputy: AK Party turned Turkey into human trafficking center

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Erdoğan Toprak has said that Turkey has been turned into a human trafficking and prostitution center...

DBP Şırnak provincial head missing for 36 days as police deny detaining him

The Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Şırnak Provincial Chairman Hurşit Külter has been missing since May 27, while law enforcement denies his detention despite witness...

Turkish gov’t serves to protect perpetrators of torture, human rights foundations say

A joint statement by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and Human Rights Association said that Turkish government serves to protect perpetrators of...

Opposition says 37,922 died over human rights violations since 2002 in Turkey

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has said that a total of 37,922 people have lost their lives due to...

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