In the context of the "democratic initiative" the government has prepared a bill regarding children being prosecuted under charges of "terror crimes". The bill will abrogate ...»

HRW's Sinclair-Webb talked about the children who are condemned to harsh penalties on terror charges, where participating in a protest is taken as enough evidence for ...»

A province human rights delegation has called for drastic improvements in conditions for children in prison in Diyarbakır. ...»

DTP MP Kurtulan has called for an investigation into police violence against children. She reminded parliament of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. ...»

The youth union Genç-Sen pointed out that there are 2,433 children currently in prison. ...»

In Hakkari, where people are protesting against operations against the DTP, one child has died, and a police officer violently beat another child with his rifle ...»

This article was written by bianet's Erhan Üstündağ on the day of Children's Festival, 23 April. It shows that hundreds of children are confronted with a ...»

Members of an iniative called Justice for Children have demanded a change in the Anti-Terrorism Law which currently allows children to be tried for acts of ...»

500 children in Istanbul and Ankara were asked about their wishes in a study entitled “Children make demands on local authorities”. ...»

18 children who participated in a march following their friend's murder by police in Cizre and five other who participated in protests against PM's visit to ...»

In a coordinated event in five cities, an initiative of nearly 40 NGOs sent letters to relevant authorities demanding an end to taking children to court ...»

Despite demands by NGOs to stop the screening of the racist "documentary" "'Sarı Gelin' - The Inside Story of the Armenian Problem", the Ministry of Education ...»

Actress Yıldırımlar calls for the immediate release of children tried with terror charges for participating in protests and demands amendments to law, in a conference which ...»

Lawyer Gürgöz has told parents who want their children to be exempted from obligatory RE classes that they do not have to state their religious affiliation. ...»

Two children arrested for “membership in an illegal organisation” after taking part in protests during PM Erdoğan’s visit are being tried in detention. Rights activists came ...»

Lawyer Fethiye Çetin has called on parents to go to court to prevent schools from screening a racist “documentary” dealing with the controversial events of 1915. ...»

A delegation of human rights activists from Diyarbakır visited parliament yesterday, protesting against the fact that hundreds of children are being tried for alleged membership in ...»

More than a hundred children have been taken under custody during protests in several cities against PKK leader Ocalan's arrest on Feb. 15th, 1999. Ministry of ...»

UNICEF and deans of faculties of communication sign a joint protocol to include rights of the child in their curricula. Courses will begin in September 2009. ...»

Prof. Dr. Türkel Minibaş, economics lecturer at Istanbul University and human rights activist, died on Friday, 6 February. ...»

Currently dozens of children around Turkey are in prison. They are being kept in unacceptable conditions and may face steep prison sentences. ...»

The European Court of Human Rights has penalised Turkey for arresting and prosecuting an under-fifteen year old for alleged PKK membership. ...»

An increase in poverty will lead to more children working. Children’s centres need to be improved to prevent children from working in the street and education ...»

Acting irresponsibly, the media turns a sexual relation between two children into a rape by a woman of a boy. ...»

A school principle beats up 12 students for not cleaning the school garden by hitting their hands with a big pair of compasses. The students are ...»

Constitutional law expert Gürcan has criticised the continuing obligation of school children to attend Religious Education classes and has described the attitude of the AKP as ...»

According to Ali, the whole of Iraqi society, but especially the children, bear psychological scars from witnessing violence and death every day: “Iraq needs psychological help, ...»

Children forcibly displaced by the armed conflict in the southeast of Turkey have found a ray of hope with the Basak Foundation. ...»

The new UNICEF report on the state of children in the world shows positive developments in child mortality and average life expectancy. However, too many children ...»

BIA launches a four volume series on rights reporting. Introduced to media professionals in the weekend the series is the outcome of training workshops for journalists ...»