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‘Freedom for Defense Coordination’ by Lawyers, Rights Organizations

‘Freedom for Defense Coordination’ by Lawyers, Rights Organizations

Issuing a joint declaration, rights organizations and lawyers have noted that “the primary duty of the state is to keep alive” and requested that imprisoned lawyers and other political prisoners be released.

Bar Association Chairs: Do You Know How Lawyers Sentenced to 159 Years in Prison?

Bar Association Chairs: Do You Know How Lawyers Sentenced to 159 Years in Prison?

Sharing a video that features the unlawful acts in the lawsuit filed against the lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), 16 bar association chairs ask, “Do you know how 18 lawyers have been sentenced to over 159 years in prison?”

2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast

2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have turned their hunger strike into a death fast. While Timtik was on the 94th day of her hunger strike, Ünsal was on the 63rd day.

What will Refugees Do If They are Infected? What are Their Rights?

What will Refugees Do If They are Infected? What are Their Rights?

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) prepared a guide on how refugees living in Turkey in different statuses can be treated during COVID-19 outbreak.

Progressive Lawyers Association Applies to Ministry, Requests Release of Ill Prisoners

COVID-19

Progressive Lawyers Association Applies to Ministry, Requests Release of Ill Prisoners

Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) İstanbul Branch Prison Commission has applied to the Ministry of Justice regarding 126 ill prisoners whose relatives got in contact with them and requested their immediate release due to coronavirus.

24 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

‘Lawyers on a Hunger Strike Against All Unlawful Acts in This Geography’

‘Lawyers on a Hunger Strike Against All Unlawful Acts in This Geography’

Human rights organizations and lawyers’ organizations have expressed solidarity and support for the lawyers of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who have recently announced that they have gone on a hunger strike.

7 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Court of Appeals Upholds 159-Year Prison Term for Progressive Lawyers Association Members

Court of Appeals Upholds 159-Year Prison Term for Progressive Lawyers Association Members

The court has rejected all the objections on the merits, making the final judgment for six lawyers. The arrest of the six lawyers will continue.

16 October 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Four More Lawyers from People's Law Bureau Arrested

Four More Lawyers from People's Law Bureau Arrested

Attorneys Ebru Timtik, Ayşegül Çağatay, Görkem Ağdede, and Nadide Özdemir have been arrested after beign taken into custody on June 20.

Police Raid People's Law Bureau

Police Raid People's Law Bureau

Four attorneys, one secretary and two other people have been detained.

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Objects to Prison Sentence of 11 Years, 3 Months

Selçuk Kozağaçlı Objects to Prison Sentence of 11 Years, 3 Months

Sentenced to 11 years, 3 months in prison, Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has submitted a petition of appeal, stating, “I know that there are numerous reasons justifying the reversal of this so-called legal judgement.”

Campaign by Their Clients: Release My Lawyer

Campaign by Their Clients: Release My Lawyer

Some clients of lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), who have been sentenced to 159 years, 1 month and 30 days in prison, have submitted a petition to the İstanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court, demanding the release of their lawyers.

28 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association End Their Hunger Strike

Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association End Their Hunger Strike

Five lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) and People’s Law Bureau (HHB), including ÇHD Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı, have decided to end their hunger strikes, which they continued for 59 days.

39 Bar Associations Denounce Verdict Against ÇHD Lawyers: ‘It is Not a Trial’

39 Bar Associations Denounce Verdict Against ÇHD Lawyers: ‘It is Not a Trial’

Denouncing the verdict given against lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), 39 bar associations have stated: “In these days when we are in a quest for justice, a verdict has been given against our colleagues with unlawful methods.”

'What is Tragic is Not Sentences, But the State That the Trial Has Come’

TRIAL OF PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (ÇHD)

'What is Tragic is Not Sentences, But the State That the Trial Has Come’

Criticizing the verdict given in the trial of lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), lawyers have stated that the trial of their colleagues did not conform to the rules of law and underlined that the defendants were not fairly tried.

21 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

18 Lawyers Sentenced to Prison for 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total

TRIAL OF ÇHD LAWYERS

18 Lawyers Sentenced to Prison for 159 Years, 1 Month, 30 Days in Total

The court has announced its verdict in the case of the Progressive Lawyers Association. The lawyers have been given prison terms between 3 years, 1 month, 15 days and 18 years and 9 months.

20 March 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Lawyer Kozağaçlı Bids Farewell to Father While Handcuffed

Lawyer Kozağaçlı Bids Farewell to Father While Handcuffed

Progressive Lawyers Association’s arrested Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı has attended his father’s funeral while being handcuffed to a gendarme. The International Association of People's Lawyers has denounced the practise.

29 January 2019

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