[INTERVIEW] Governments’ use of digital technologies to threaten dissidents abroad creates climate of fear, oppression...
Dr. Marcus Michaelsen, senior researcher at the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab, said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that understanding...
ECtHR faults Azerbaijan for violating rights of 4 Turkish teachers illegally deported to Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Azerbaijan violated the rights of four Turkish teachers who had worked at private schools...
Turkish authorities arrest YouTuber over filming content
Turkish authorities arrested street interviewer Özkan Bozkurt on Wednesday after he posted a video showing a person firing shots into the air during a...
Turkey ordered detention of 63 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 63 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
European rights court to review cases of Christians barred from Turkey over security codes
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has agreed to examine 20 cases involving foreign Christians who were expelled from Turkey or denied re-entry...
Arrest warrant issued for opposition MP Güzel
An arrest warrant has been issued by an Ankara court for pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Semra Güzel following the refusal by...
Columnist indicted on Erdoğan insult charges due to article on forest fires
A columnist for the left-wing Evrensel newspaper has been indicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in an opinion piece in which...
Former justice minister forced to resign after objecting to transfer of Khashoggi murder trial
Muharrem Erkek, deputy chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that former Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was forced to resign...
Greek police rescue 64 asylum seekers left on border islet by smugglers: report
Greek police rescued 64 asylum seekers, including 10 children, who had been left by smugglers on a tiny islet in the Evros River, which...
Germany summons Turkish ambassador over Kavala’s conviction
Germany on Friday summoned the Turkish ambassador over the jailing of Osman Kavala, a prominent critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Agence France-Presse...
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