148 people including 5 inmates died, 281 maltreated or tortured in Turkey in March:...

Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in March included 148 deaths and 281 incidents of torture or maltreatment, with 51 of them taking...

Former colonel reveals photo of tortured soldiers in mosque during July 15 attempted coup

A former colonel has tweeted a photo of soldiers in a mosque with apparent signs of maltreatment and torture taken shortly after a coup...

Amnesty International launches urgent action for 3 Turkish nationals arrested in Malaysia

Amnesty International (AI) has launched an “Urgent Action” for three Turkish men arrested in Malaysia and at the risk of torture. AI has published...

Turkish justice system fails to release purge victim diagnosed with stage 4 cancer

Abdülazim Özdemir, a 49-year-old engineer who was purged from his job at the Ministry of Development in the aftermath of a failed coup in...

Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu visits Erdoğanist thugs in US prison

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited Erdoğanist thugs Eyüp Yıldırım and Sinan Narin who were arrested by an American court for their role in...

Fethullah Gülen calls on int’l community to pressure Turkish gov’t over rights violations

Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen has made a call to the international community, asking them to warn Turkish authorities to take the necessary measures to...

Turkish gov’t transfers detained woman, newborn baby to prison 1,291 km away from home

Detained in the southern province of Isparta as part of a post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement, a...

Report: Turkish gov’t systematically torture jailed journalists from state-run TRT

Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven, who used to be the editor-in-chief of closed Nokta newsweekly in Turkey and now live in exile, has written in...

Father says French journalist ‘physically and psychologically abused’ under custody in Turkey

French journalist Loup Bureau, who was released after 52 days in detention in Turkey, arrived in Paris on Sunday, said his six days spent...

LRWC urges Turkish gov’t to immediately release, ensure medical treatment for jailed lawyer Mustafa...

The Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers who promote human rights and the rule of law by providing support internationally to...
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