PACE committee urges stronger action to eradicate torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities in...
Adopting a draft resolution on June 21 based on a report by Constantinos Efstathiou (Cyprus, SOC), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee...
Hundreds gather at ECtHR to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Hundreds of activists and victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, joined by former leader of the UK’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn and EU parliamentarians, gathered...
Prison parole boards are acting like ‘parallel courthouses,’ journalist says
Ferhat Çiftçi, a Kurdish journalist who was recently released from prison, said prison monitoring boards in Turkey act like “parallel courthouses” when deciding on...
Man accused of attacking students with machete appointed prosecutor in Turkey
A man who was filmed attacking students with a machete during a violent clash at a university in 2017 has been appointed as a...
Turkish MP alleges abuse of minors detained over protests against Syrian offensive in Kurdish...
A pro-Kurdish opposition lawmaker on Friday accused Turkish authorities of subjecting minors to strip-searches, physical violence and coercive interrogations after they were detained and...
Turkish authorities put union leader under house arrest a day after release from jail
A union leader who was arrested in February for participating in a strike and released on Monday was put under house arrest a day...
Deceased purge victim buried in a hurry, jailed husband not allowed to attend funeral
Fatma Görmez, 43, a former teacher fired from her job by an emergency decree-law who passed away yesterday from multiple health problems, was hurriedly...
Ankara police accused of abducting 3 university students in broad daylight
Ankara police have been accused of abducting three university students today and abandoning them in distant parts of the city after threatening and beating...
Human rights crisis in Turkey deepens, say rights organizations
Human rights organizations in Turkey said the human rights crisis in the country has deepened in the last few years, adding that the Justice...
Bittersweet Easter for Turkish city’s dwindling Armenian community
The aroma of çörek, a spiced bun the Armenian community makes for Easter, is once again wafting through the streets of Diyarbakır in southeast...
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