Bharara outraged over Turkey’s Erdoğan to ask US administration to sack an American prosecutor
Former US Attorney for New York South District, Preet Bharara said it is outrageous for Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to ask US administration...
Pakistani human rights lawyer: We will go down to root of official lies in...
Asma Jilani Jahangir, renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the lawyer...
Erdoğan regime’s banditry targeting Turkish teachers stirs debate in Pakistan
The abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation to Turkey have led...
CoE’s Jagland talks to Turkish justice minister for the release of jailed rights defenders
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, held a phone conversation with Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül and called for the release...
CPT report highlights problems in Turkey’s immigration detention centers
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has stated in its report on Turkey that many foreign nationals were kept for...
CoE: Imprisonment of journalists part of broader pattern of repression against dissent, criticism
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated in an observation report on October 10, 2017, which was released today,...
Amnesty International: EU leaders must press Turkey on human rights
Iverna McGowan, director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said ahead of a European Council meeting on Oct. 19 and 20 which is expected...
CoE Commissioner Muiznieks voices dismay on indictment for Turkish human rights defenders
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has expressed his dismay at the prosecutor’s indictment against Turkish human rights defenders detained...
Germany urges Ukraine to reject Turkey extradition request
Germany said on Wednesday that it hoped Ukraine would quickly reject an the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) request from Turkish regime under the...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media reports Kaçmaz family abducted by Pakistani authorities
The controversy persists over the abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation...
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