Category: Human Rights

Mohammad Mosaed sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for social media posts critical of the government Iranian journalist who made daring escape to Turkey hopes to find refuge in Canada On a freezing night in ...

A teacher who was detained in January 2017 was allegedly subjected for a month to torture including beatings, strip searches and threats of sexual abuse as well as inhumane treatment at a police detention center ...

Turkish authorities investigated a total of 15,044 people for “inciting hatred and hostility among the public” in 2019, compared to 731 only a decade ago, Bold Medya reported. As a result of these investigations 256 ...

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 57 former military officers as well as one still on active duty over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a ...

US Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Florida Republican Marco Rubio, today urged the new Biden administration to press the Turkish government to improve its human rights record, which includes an increasingly authoritarian ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday targeted Professor Ayşe Buğra, the wife of imprisoned philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, accusing her of provoking student protests at Boğaziçi University, where she is a prominent academic, ...

Students of İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University have written an open letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, listing their demands and promising that their protests would continue as long as Melih Bulu, a pro-government rector ...