content tagged with judicial pressure

İHD Co-Chair Türkdoğan appears before the judge: ‘They want to intimidate’

İHD Co-Chair Türkdoğan appears before the judge: ‘They want to intimidate’

Lawyer and Human Rights Association Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan had his first hearing in the trial where he faces charges over his rights advocacy activities. The court has ruled that his international travel ban shall remain in effect.

22 February 2022

78 lawsuits and investigations against 69 lawyers in a year

DİYARBAKIR BAR ASSOCIATION REPORT

78 lawsuits and investigations against 69 lawyers in a year

According to a report released by the Diyarbakır Bar Association, last year, at least 69 lawyers, including former bar chairs, faced at last 78 lawsuits and investigations over their institutional and professional activities.

‘We are punished because we demand justice’

BY DİLEK DOĞAN’S ELDER BROTHER

‘We are punished because we demand justice’

Emrah Doğan, the elder brother of Dilek Doğan, who was killed by the police, says that his family has come under judicial pressure because of their struggle for justice: “And I am arrested because I demanded law and justice for Dilek, for our dearest.”

16 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez

"Journalists Need a Lawyer on Standby"

Committee to Protect Journalists

"Journalists Need a Lawyer on Standby"

According to an analysis of the Committee to Protect Journalists, "A critical journalist in Turkey these days needs a lawyer on standby. The press is laboring under a creaking judicial system".

24 February 2012