Council of Europe reaffirms support for Istanbul Convention amid Turkey’s possible withdrawal from treaty
The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on September 11 released a statement and reaffirmed...
Cancer patient not released from prison until too late is on his deathbed
Cancer patient Ümit Gökhasan, who was not released from prison until his cancer had spread to other parts of his body, is now on...
Turkish police continue to detain people for singing Kurdish songs
Turkish police have detained five people for singing Kurdish-language songs at a wedding in the central province of Osmaniye, the Yeni Yaşam news website reported on...
Turkish gov’t detains closed Zaman daily’s lawyer Odabaşı over Gülen links
Turkish police detained now-closed Zaman daily's lawyer Ali Odabaşı allegedly as he was trying to escape persecution of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Woman says her grandchildren have suffered psychologically since their parents were imprisoned for Gülen...
A woman taking care of her imprisoned daughter's children said she was arbitrarily imprisoned for affiliation with the Gülen movement and that the children...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 60 lawyers following Erdoğan’s call to suspend attorneys accused...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 60 lawyers on terror charges, following a call by Turkish President Recep...
Disabled man with multiple health problems kept in prison on bogus terrorism charges
Bilal Danış (30), a former public servant in the western city of Izmir who was arrested in November 2016 and convicted on bogus terrorism...
Turkey’s massive purge forces even the most fragile to leave
The story of a Turkish asylum seeker in Greece who had to leave Turkey despite suffering from esophageal cancer shows the lengths to which...
Turkey should end detention of lawyers held for representing clients: ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Monday expressed its deep concern at the issuance of detention warrants for 60 lawyers in Turkey on...
Son of jailed prosecutor suffering from brain tumor pleads for father’s release
The son of Sadrettin Sarıkaya, a former specially authorized prosecutor who was arrested on charges of membership in the Gülen movement in 2017, has...
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