content tagged with legal harassment

Forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions in Turkey discussed at UNHRC event

Forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions in Turkey discussed at UNHRC event

Human rights advocates highlighted legal harassment against human rights activists and the prevailing impunity concerning forced disappearances.

20 September 2023

Rights group calls for rights defender, lawyer Tarık Güneş’s release

Rights group calls for rights defender, lawyer Tarık Güneş’s release

The Human Rights Association (İHD) has called on the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior to act in compliance with the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and demanded the release of arrested lawyer and rights advocate Tarık Güneş.

14 February 2022

TİHV: 833 rights advocates subjected to legal harassment in four months

TİHV: 833 rights advocates subjected to legal harassment in four months

The pressures on human rights advocates weaken the legitimacy of advocacy in the eyes of the public, says the foundation.

20 January 2022