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Seven people who were imprisoned in Turkey on trumped-up charges have been named prisoners of conscience (POCs) by Amnesty International today. The decision comes two months after the activists, including prominent philanthropist and human rights defender Osman Kavala, were convicted at the end of a sham retrial when a court of appeal overturned their previous […]
Unlike most premieres at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the debut screening of Turkish political thriller “Burning Days” was noticeably muted. In a symbolic gesture, a solitary chair had been left empty, as one person, associate producer Çiğdem Mater, was absent from the red carpet. Rather than being on La Croisette promenade, Mater was in […]
H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Genel Sekreterliği 06689 Çankaya, Ankara Turkey Via Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Via the Turkish Embassy in London,United Kingdom Dear President Erdogan, I am William Nicholas Gomes, a British human rights activist and freelance journalist. I am the director and Host of…
29 April 2022. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders –a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (...)
TUR 002 / 0422 / OBS 033 Sentencing / Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Turkey April 29, 2022 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights…