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NGO compiles ECtHR judgments against Turkey in new report
Justice Square, a human rights group based in the Netherlands, has released a new report bringing together European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments...
Ankara court’s Kobani trial verdict fuels Kurdish protests
An Ankara court’s decision to hand down lengthy sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, in the...
Ankara court issues lengthy sentences for Kurdish politicians in Kobani trial
An Ankara court on Thursday issued a verdict in the long-running Kobani trial and handed down lengthy prison sentences for dozens of Kurdish politicians,...
Netherlands links updating of customs union with Turkey to compliance with ECtHR rulings
The Dutch parliament has voted to make the modernization of the European Union customs union agreement with Turkey conditional on the release of two...
Kurdish leader Demirtaş and others remain imprisoned as court delays verdict in Kobani trial
A Turkish court on Tuesday postponed the verdict in the long-running Kobani trial and ruled to continue the detention of 18 people, including Kurdish...
CoE calls on Turkey to amend criminal and anti-terrorism laws, release political prisoners
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), which monitors the enforcement of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR),...
Selective and weak: Critics slam outgoing CoE commissioner’s poor record on Turkey
As Dunja Mijatović’s mandate as the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights came to a close on April 1, rights groups criticized the...
Majority of young Turks see imprisonment of prominent political prisoners as ‘fair’: report
A survey conducted by the Konda polling company and the Youth Organizations Forum (GoFor) has revealed that the majority of young people in Turkey between the...
CoE calls on Turkey to change the ‘hostile environment’ for freedom of expression
The Council of Europe (CoE) commissioner for human rights appealed to Turkish authorities to change the restrictive framework for freedom of expression and media...
Court removes judicial probation measures for 3 Gezi Park defendants
An İstanbul court has lifted judicial probation measures imposed on three defendants in the Gezi Park trial in line with a ruling from the...
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