Transnational Repression

Transnational Repression

Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2021 in Review

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad, from spying through diplomatic missions and pro-government diaspora organizations...

Abducted teacher says he does not have access to proper healthcare in prison

Zabit Kişi, a former teacher who was abducted from Kazakhstan by Turkish intelligence agency MİT, said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)...

Press Freedom in Turkey: 2021 in Review

The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2021 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists and using regulatory authorities to exert...

US Congress passes act fighting political abuse of INTERPOL’s notice system

The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, has announced on its website that the US Senate passed...

Turkey will increase its presence at INTERPOL, newly elected Executive Committee member says

Turkey will grow its presence at INTERPOL by increasing its number of liaison officers in the General Secretariat and nominating more candidates for senior...

Abducted and tortured, educator İnandı gives details of his ordeal at first hearing of...

Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish intelligence, said at his first court hearing on Tuesday that he was...

We will use INTERPOL General Assembly to persuade the delegates to take a stance...

We will use the INTERPOL General Assembly, which began in İstanbul on Tuesday, to persuade officials and delegates to take a stance against the...

JWF report reveals political abuse of INTERPOL’s notice system by AKP gov’t

A report by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), a New York-based international civil society organization, has shown through two cases that Turkish authorities...

Turkey plans to use INTERPOL event to mislead international community, US senator says

A US senator has said the Turkish government plans to use the upcoming INTERPOL General Assembly in İstanbul to lie to and mislead the...

European Parliament subcommittee hears findings of Turkey Tribunal

The European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday heard Johan Vande Lanotte, a professor of law at the University of Ghent, present the...

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