Veteran news editor in prison decries public apathy for jailed journalists
Özcan Keser, who has been behind bars for almost 42 months, believes that his and colleagues' voices have not been heard to a great...
Bosnian authorities reject Turkey’s request to extradite journalist due to lack of legal grounds
The Justice Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has put an end to Turkey’s persistent efforts to have a journalist living exile extradited to...
Math professor accused of terrorist propaganda released pending trial
Tuna Altınel, a Lyon University professor of mathematics who was accused of disseminating terrorist propaganda, was released pending trial on Tuesday by a court...
Abducted men show physical and mental signs of torture: families
Families of four Gülen followers who appeared in police custody after being missing since February revealed that their loved ones might have been subjected...
4 of 6 men abducted six months ago now in police custody, 2 remain...
The family members of four men who were reportedly abducted by Turkish intelligence in February confirmed yesterday that their relatives were in custody at...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules academics’ rights violated in peace petition case
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Friday said the rights of academics who were dismissed or prosecuted for signing a “peace petition” were violated. The decision...
Top court cancels regulation used to revoke passports of suspects’ spouses
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has abolished a controversial regulation that was used by Turkish authorities to revoke the passports of the spouses in some cases...
10 arrested for providing food and assistance to families of jailed Gülen followers
Ten out of 33 people who were detained in the western Turkish province of Manisa in early July have been arrested for providing aid...
SCF’s submission for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Turkey
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Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review
Submitted by the Stockholm Center for Freedom
for the 35rd Session of the Working Group
on the Universal...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals refuses to uphold verdict of Cumhuriyet staff
A criminal department of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has refused to uphold prison sentences handed down to several journalists and media staff in...
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