content tagged with violations of rights

HDP applies to Parliamentary Human Rights Commission for women prisoners

HDP applies to Parliamentary Human Rights Commission for women prisoners

Citing the violations of rights in prisons in İzmir, İstanbul, Kocaeli and Manisa as an example, HDP İzmir MP Kemalbay has requested that the related problems be probed by the Human Rights Investigation Commission.

9 November 2021

‘Human rights’ call to Germany’s new government by Selahattin Demirtaş

‘Human rights’ call to Germany’s new government by Selahattin Demirtaş

Imprisoned for over five years, former HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has called on the new government to be formed in Germany to show more interest in human rights in Turkey, noting that they should not see Turkey as limited to President Erdoğan.

5 November 2021

Perpetrators of violations of rights against LGBTI+s: Public authorities

REPORT

Perpetrators of violations of rights against LGBTI+s: Public authorities

Kaos GL Association’s 2020 Report of Human Rights of LGBTI+s has been published: “The perpetrators are often public authorities and legislators. Discrimination has become a systematic government policy.”

5 November 2021

‘209 people’s right to life violated in Turkey in September’

REPORT BY CHP’S TANRIKULU

‘209 people’s right to life violated in Turkey in September’

According to CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu’s report, at least 49 access blocks were imposed and 13 people were detained, 4 people were arrested for expressing their opinions. 12 people faced an investigation for the same reason.

1 November 2021

335,324 individual applications to Constitutional Court since 2012

335,324 individual applications to Constitutional Court since 2012

While 89.3 percent of the individual applications finalized by the Constitutional Court were found inadmissible by the top court, 62.5 percent of the 14,911 applications with at least one right violation were about the right to a fair trial.

27 October 2021

‘COVID-19 becomes a “pretext” in Turkey’s prisons’

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

‘COVID-19 becomes a “pretext” in Turkey’s prisons’

The İHD İstanbul Branch has released its quarterly report on violations of rights in Marmara region’s prisons: “All social rights have been denied in prisons under the pretext of the outbreak, isolation and segregation have intensified.”

February was 'very intense' in terms of rights violations, says report

February was 'very intense' in terms of rights violations, says report

Preparing a report on violations of rights committed in Turkey last month, three rights organizations say, “February was very intense in terms of violations against freedom of expression, freedom of meeting, demonstration and organization.”

A day-to-day report on violations of freedom of expression in January

A day-to-day report on violations of freedom of expression in January

Three rights organizations have documented the violations of freedom of expression committed in Turkey in January. Their report offers a day-to-day account of “administrative bans, police interventions”, “investigations, prosecutions” and “other violations”.

15 February 2021

‘47.5 percent of Syrians in Turkey are children’

REFUGEES LEFT ALONE WITH PROBLEMS

‘47.5 percent of Syrians in Turkey are children’

The İstanbul Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a report on violations of rights faced by refugees in Turkey in 2020. According to the report, 1 million 732 thousand 44 Syrian people in Turkey are children.

29 January 2021

300 thousand individual applications to Constitutional Court in 8 years

300 thousand individual applications to Constitutional Court in 8 years

The right to a fair trial, with 63.3 percent, ranks first when the rulings of right violation are distributed by rights and freedoms. This right violation is followed by property rights with 19.4 percent and right to freedom of expression with 4.2 percent.

18 January 2021

Right to life of 3,362 people violated in Turkey in 2020

REPORT BY CHP'S TANRIKULU

Right to life of 3,362 people violated in Turkey in 2020

According to a report prepared by main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu, 2,123 people were detained during events and demonstrations, 44 people were arrested and 294 people were convicted in trials over meetings and demonstrations in 2020.

18 January 2021

HRW report on violations of rights in Turkey in 2020

HRW report on violations of rights in Turkey in 2020

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released its World Report 2021. The Turkey chapter of the report has documented the violations of rights and the government’s pressure targeting the press and judiciary over the past year.

14 January 2021

‘Turkey also hit by a pandemic of injustice in 2020’

CHP MP ERKEK

‘Turkey also hit by a pandemic of injustice in 2020’

Main opposition CHP Vice Chair Muharrem Erkek has prepared a report entitled “2020 Inventory of Injustice in Turkey.”

‘Pressure on journalists became more systematic in 2020’

TIGRIS-EUPHRATES JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION

‘Pressure on journalists became more systematic in 2020’

According to a recent report released by the Tigris-Euphrates Journalists’ Association (DFG), 79 journalists were detained, 24 journalists were arrested and 43 journalists were sentenced to 150 years, 15 days in prison in total in 2020.

‘Turkey has a Justice Ministry full of scandals’

VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS IN PRISONS

‘Turkey has a Justice Ministry full of scandals’

Addressing the lawmakers at the General Assembly of the Parliament, HDP Kocaeli MP Gergerlioğlu has said that he cannot get an answer to his Parliamentary questions regarding the violations of rights in Turkey’s prisons.

14 December 2020

Right to life of 162 people violated in Turkey in July

CHP REPORT ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Right to life of 162 people violated in Turkey in July

Main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has released his monthly report on rights violations in Turkey: At least 55 people, including four children, were subjected to the torture of security forces in or outside detention centers in July 2020.

‘Right to life of at least 281 people violated in June’

‘Right to life of at least 281 people violated in June’

According to the “Report on Human Rights Violations in June” prepared by main opposition CHP’s Sezgin Tanrıkulu, at least 15 people were detained and at least 52 people faced investigations due to their social media posts in June 2020.