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Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Stating that Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın being arrested without solid evidence and on grounds of some false denunciations was unacceptable, human rights organizations demanded Gözaydın’s immediate release.

29 December 2016

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Six human rights Organizations have sent the Parliament an open letter to protest TBMM president of sub-Council for Prisons AKP li Mehmet Metiner for his statement “We will not run an investigation regarding the claims of torture and maltreatment against the arrestees from FETÖ”.

13 October 2016

Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair Şakar Released

Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair Şakar Released

Democratic Judgement Foundation Co-Chair and judge of Diyarbakır Court Muzaffer Şakar has been released.

Rights Organizations Not Invited to World Humanitarian Summit

Rights Organizations Not Invited to World Humanitarian Summit

Leading human rights organizations in Turkey such as TİHV, İHD and HYD have not been invited to the World Humanitarian Summit organized by UN. The organizations criticize the summit being held in Turkey where human rights violations are common.

Government’s Soliloquy on the Human Rights Institution

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Government’s Soliloquy on the Human Rights Institution

Human rights organizations decried the new draft law on the Turkish Human Rights Institution (TIHK) during a press meeting at the headquarters of the Human Rights Association (IHD) on June 14.

15 June 2012 Serhat Korkmaz