706 children accompany mothers in Turkish prisons: justice minister
Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that 706 children are currently living with their mothers in Turkish prisons, Turkish Minute reported on Friday.
Tunç...
Leaked documents expose Sweden’s secretive attempts to deny or delay asylum, residency for Erdoğan...
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Ailing inmate handcuffed to bed during cancer treatment
Mustafa Aytaç, an ailing inmate at a prison in the western Turkish province of Afyon, is fighting cancer in handcuffs, the Kronos news website...
İHD report reveals at least 10,789 rights violations in 153 Turkish prisons in 2022
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Hagia Sophia’s change of status indicative of Turkey’s disregard of cultural and religious values:...
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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)...
Council of Europe’s CPT confirms continued ill-treatment and torture in Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) confirmed in two reports published on...
Strip search of women in Turkey used for humiliation, witness testimonies show
The testimony of an increasing number of women detained on terrorism charges shows that Turkish security forces use strip searches unlawfully and systematically in...
Rights watchdogs to EU: Put respect for human rights at center of relations with...
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in a joint letter on Tuesday to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel...
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...
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