Turkey jailed human rights defenders

AI’s Eser: Whatever we faced will remain an absurd memory

November 4, 2017

Amnesty International’s Turkey Director İdil Eser, who was released on Oct. 26 with seven other human rights defenders after spending 135 days in jail,...

Diplomacy

PACE urges Turkey to drop charges against human rights activists, release them

October 14, 2017

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Friday urged the Turkish government to drop all charges against human rights activists jailed...

National

Prosecutor demands 15 years in jail for human rights defenders

October 8, 2017

The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has drafted an indictment for 11 people including foreign human rights defenders who were detained during a workshop in...