Turkish rights defenders: Prosecutor’s office hiding facts of teacher’s death in custody
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists, rebuffed a statement made by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday...
HDP’s Sarıyıldız: Silence of UN in face of Turkish gov’t’s crime against humanity not...
Faisal Sarıyıldız, an exiled deputy from Turkey's pr0-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), stated in a speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 37th...
Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links subjected to torture: rights activist
A woman who was five months into her pregnancy when she was arrested due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement was subjected...
UN committee faults Turkey in case of teacher who died in custody after arrest...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday released its decision concerning an application submitted on behalf of a teacher who was allegedly tortured...
Turkish prison administration obliges Kurdish woman to speak in Turkish
A prison administration in İstanbul asked a female prisoner to speak in Turkish rather than Kurdish on the phone with her mother or be...
2 inmates die by suicide in Silivri Prison after alleged mistreatment
Two inmates in Istanbul's Silivri Prison took their own lives after allegedly being subjected to severe beating and mistreatment by prison guards, the Mezopotamya...
Turkish government seeks to revoke citizenship of another 99 people including a 23-year-old
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 99 people who are currently abroad and who will be stripped of their citizenship if they...
Opposition MP raises alarm over alleged mistreatment of women detainees
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a parliamentary member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and a human rights advocate, has raised concerns...
Female detainees exposed to severe ill-treatment in Turkey’s Jail
Female detainees have been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment in jail in Turkey’s Elazığ province, according to social media posts by lawyer Hüseyin...
Turkish gov’t sentences journalist Parıldak to 7 years, 6 months in jail over links...
Turkish government has sentenced journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who used to work as court reporter for now-closed Zaman daily, to 7 years and 6 months...
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