Amnesty International

The Bank accounts of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International, which were frozen by Istanbul governor 17 months ago, are finally released. “Both our freedom of association and our right of property were violated”, says AI.

Amnesty International presents its yearly report. With the freedom of expression violations, the Dink murder, the Malatya massacre, the police violation and the like, the section of the report about Turkey paints a bleak picture.

According to Amnesty International, there has been a regression in human rights in 2007. Torture and maltreatment continue, and trials are still compromised.

Amnesty International has started an urgent action call for lawyer Orhan Kemal Cengiz, joint attorney in the Malatya murder trial; the NGO says it fears for his life.