Category: Human Rights
(Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday called on Turkey to immediately release philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been detained for more than three years without conviction. “The specious charges against Kavala, his ongoing detention, ...
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, ...
THREE more people have been jailed in Iranian Kurdistan on charges of membership of opposition parties, rights groups reported today, as oppression in the region intensifies. Environmental activist Faranak Jamshidi, who is a member of ...
The family of a British woman killed in a car crash has called on the government to recover the lead suspect in the case from Turkey, to where they fled just days after the incident.Vicky ...
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 ...
