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Police intervention against HDP’s press statement
Police intervention against HDP’s press statement
While several HDP members, including politicians Sezai Temelli and Ferhat Encü, have been battered by the police, several people have been detained during the intervention into the HDP İstanbul Organization's press statement against isolation.
18 December 2020
Criminal complaint against mining company: ‘It is a crime against humanity’
Criminal complaint against mining company: ‘It is a crime against humanity’
The people of Özkonak town in Nevşehir province have appealed to the International Criminal Court and filed a criminal complaint against the executives of the Canadian Centerra Gold Company on charge of “committing a crime against humanity”.
18 December 2020
Amnesty International: Do the right thing and free Osman Kavala
Amnesty International: Do the right thing and free Osman Kavala
“Osman Kavala is facing baseless, politically motivated charges in a prosecution which is part of a wider attempt by Turkish authorities to silence independent civil society,” says Amnesty International’s Europe Director Muižniek ahead of today’s hearing.
18 December 2020
‘Kavala’s case is a symptom of Turkey’s gangrened justice system’
‘Kavala’s case is a symptom of Turkey’s gangrened justice system’
Ahead of the hearing of arrested rights defender and businessperson Osman Kavala today, 15 rights organizations have released a statement and said, “We believe that the only just outcome in the unfair prosecution against Kavala is his acquittal.”
18 December 2020
AKP drafts bill allowing Interior Ministry to replace NGO heads
AKP drafts bill allowing Interior Ministry to replace NGO heads
The bill authorizes the Ministry of Interior to replace NGO executives because of "terrorism-related" investigations as them.
17 December 2020
Children have to go up a mountain for online classes: ‘We freeze in cold’
Children have to go up a mountain for online classes: ‘We freeze in cold’
Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, students across Turkey have to follow their classes online. However, the students in a neighborhood in eastern Turkey have to climb a mountain everyday because there is no service in their neighborhood.
17 December 2020
Protesting in front of AKP, Şenyaşar Family detained
Protesting in front of AKP, Şenyaşar Family detained
Having lost their three family members in an attack over two years ago, mother Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have been detained while staging a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa provincial office of the ruling AKP.
17 December 2020
28-day ‘total lockdown’ in Turkey in 8 steps
28-day ‘total lockdown’ in Turkey in 8 steps
HDP has proposed an action plan against the pandemic in Turkey. The party has recommended that citizens without any income and shop owners who have to close their businesses should be financially supported during the proposed total lockdown.
17 December 2020
YouTube to open a representative in Turkey
YouTube to open a representative in Turkey
YouTube has announced that it will “set up a legal entity in Turkey to serve as a local representative, providing a local point of contact for the government,” in compliance with Turkey's social media law.
16 December 2020
Prisoner paralyzed from neck down not released
Prisoner paralyzed from neck down not released
Despite a forensic medical report documenting that he is not in a state to stay in prison, ill prisoner Abdullah Turan, who is paralyzed from the neck down, is still held in Metris Prison, where he is made to lie on a stretcher.
16 December 2020
CPJ: Turkey is the second worst jailer of journalists after China
CPJ: Turkey is the second worst jailer of journalists after China
According to the 2020 report of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 274 journalists were in jail in relation to their work across the world on December 1, 2020, exceeding the high of 272 in 2016.
16 December 2020
‘Investigate the torture of person with autism’
‘Investigate the torture of person with autism’
Muratcan Ayas, a person with autism staying in a care home in Elazığ province, has lost 35 kilos in 90 days and lapsed into vegetative state after having a heart attack. A rights group has made a call for effective investigation into the issue.
16 December 2020
‘Newspapers close down one by one in Turkey’
‘Newspapers close down one by one in Turkey’
The Federation of Journalists of Turkey (TGF) has raised concerns that 17 journalists have so far died of COVID-19. The TGF has also called on the government to solve the problems of journalists whose press cards have not been renewed.
16 December 2020
Petition in support of 805 citizens demanding a peaceful and secure life
Petition in support of 805 citizens demanding a peaceful and secure life
After MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli targeted 805 citizens who had signed a joint declaration expressing their “demand for a dignified and peaceful life, in a just, free and peaceful country”, a petition has been launched in solidarity with the citizens.
16 December 2020
Turkey climbs up in UN human development index, declines in gender inequality rankings
Turkey climbs up in UN human development index, declines in gender inequality rankings
The country has been classified in the "very high" development category while ranked 68th out of 166 countries in the gender inequality index.
15 December 2020
‘Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp arrested based on an informant’s lies’
‘Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp arrested based on an informant’s lies’
Releasing a written statement, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has said, “Our High Honorary Board member Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp is innocent, we stand with him in his righteous struggle. We demand an end to his unjust and unlawful arrest.”
15 December 2020
TRT Arabi reporter Hüseyin Hattab killed in Syria
TRT Arabi reporter Hüseyin Hattab killed in Syria
Hüseyin Hattab, a reporter for the Arabic edition of Turkey’s state channel TRT, has lost his life in an armed attack in al-Bab city in Syria.
14 December 2020
AtlasGlobal airline workers taken into custody
AtlasGlobal airline workers taken into custody
Unable to get their wages and severance pay since 2019, a group of AtlasGlobal airline workers had been protesting in front of the ETSTur company’s headquarters in İstanbul for six days. Nine people were taken into custody yesterday.
11 December 2020
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal arrested
Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal arrested
People’s Law Bureau (HHB) has announced that lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has been arrested without being referred to the courthouse. He was taken into custody in Turkey’s northwestern province of Edirne with three others yesterday.
11 December 2020
Bomb attack in Syria: 2 soldiers lose their lives
Bomb attack in Syria: 2 soldiers lose their lives
Two gendarmerie personnel have lost their lives and eight others have been injured in a bomb attack carried out in Ras al-Ayn district in northeastern Syria, according to a statement released by the Governor’s Office of Urfa.
11 December 2020
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
‘Pandemic seen as an “opportunity” for rights violations’
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has released a statement to mark December 10 Human Rights Day, reminding the authorities that the struggle against the pandemic must be waged in line with fundamental human rights.
10 December 2020
805 citizens: We demand our right to a peaceful and secure life
805 citizens: We demand our right to a peaceful and secure life
“Our common aim and demand is for a dignified and serene life, in a just, free and peaceful country, where our daily bread and health will be safe and secure,” say 805 citizens from different professions and institutions on the occasion of Human Rights Day.
10 December 2020
Press freedom in Turkey: At least 40 journalists prosecuted in November
Press freedom in Turkey: At least 40 journalists prosecuted in November
According to the Press in Arrest report, in the trials concerning these 40 journalists, the prosecutor’s offices demanded 2 aggravated life sentences and a total of 201 years, 4 months to 497 years 2 months in prison.
10 December 2020
‘Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, all other human rights defenders arrested in Turkey’
‘Release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, all other human rights defenders arrested in Turkey’
In an open letter to the President, Ministers of Interior and Justice and Turkey’s ambassadors to the UN and EU, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Gökalp.
10 December 2020
‘573 people filed a complaint about torture in Turkey in 11 months’
‘573 people filed a complaint about torture in Turkey in 11 months’
“Though it is absolutely prohibited and considered a crime against humanity under the universal law, which Turkey is also a part of, torture has been the major human rights problem in the country in 2020 as well,” says a joint statement by the İHD and TİHV.
10 December 2020
Court board, prosecutors replaced in Berkin Elvan case
Court board, prosecutors replaced in Berkin Elvan case
Elvan, 14, was shot in the head with a tear gas canister during the 2013 Gezi Park protests and lost his life following a 269-day coma.
9 December 2020
Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van
Amnesty International warns Turkey against 'covering up' torture of two villagers in Van
Two people were found to be in intensive care two days after being detained by gendarmerie officials. While one has recovered, the other has lost his life.
9 December 2020
Torture victims group calls on government to release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
Torture victims group calls on government to release Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp
The IRCT has stated that it believes the arrest and charges against Dr. Gökalp "are an attempt to silence him for conducting his professional and ethical duties."
8 December 2020
COVID-19 spreads very fast in prison, warns rights organization
COVID-19 spreads very fast in prison, warns rights organization
From the Human Rights Association (İHD) report on prisons in Black Sea: “They need to stop referring patients to hospitals in stuffy and cold shuttles in winter and hot ones in summer and keeping them waiting in the shuttles in front of hospitals for hours…”
8 December 2020
Arrested after criticizing Erdoğan in a street interview, citizen released
Arrested after criticizing Erdoğan in a street interview, citizen released
Arrested after criticizing the AKP government and President and AKP Chair Erdoğan in a street interview in Antalya, İsmail Demirbaş has been released.
8 December 2020
'She pressed her knee to my neck, I couldn't breathe'
'She pressed her knee to my neck, I couldn't breathe'
A woman prisoner told bianet that she was tortured by gendarmerie officers after refusing to be searched for the third time when she was being taken to the court.
7 December 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Access block to JinNews, again
Access block to JinNews, again
Yet another access block was imposed on the website of JinNews news agency by a court decision on December 4. JinNews now publishes its news on its new address "http://www.jinnews15.xyz/”.
7 December 2020
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