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Last four years, firstly because of the national security law, also because of electoral reform. and in some ways this was predictable, because we knew that only patriots were able to stand in the election and therefore they would win the election, but what we have seen is of the 90 seats that have now been elected, only one person claims to be non— establishment. but to be non- establishment. but as ou to be non- establishment. but as you say. — to be non- establishment. but as you say. many _ to be non— establishment. but as you say, many saw this as predictable, they could see this ou...

Turkey: Ongoing Crackdown Poses Existential Threat to Independent Civil Society 06/05/2021 (Ankara, Brussels, Paris) 6 May 2021 – In the second of two reports on the crackdown against human rights defenders, civil society actors and independent voices in Turkey, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and one of FIDH’s member organisations in Turkey, the Human Rights Association (IHD), condemn repressive measures that inhibit freedom of association and create an increasingly narrow space for civil society in the country. The report’s release today was se...

(Ankara, Brussels, Paris) 6 May 2021 – In the second of two reports on the crackdown against human rights defenders, civil society actors and independent voices in Turkey, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and one of FIDH’s member organisations in Turkey, the Human Rights Association (IHD), condemn repressive measures that inhibit freedom of association and create an increasingly narrow space for civil society in the country. The report’s release today coincides with the second hearing in the infamous Özgür Gündemcase re-trial, in which three ...

PNN/ Ramallah/ Today, 14 December 2020, Al-Haq Organization launches a new report “DEPRIVED A VOICE: An Investigation into Shrinking Space in Area C” which examines the daily harassment of human rights defenders by the Israeli Occupying Force (IOF) and Israeli settlers illegally transferred in to colonize the West Bank, in the area classified under the Oslo Accords as Area C. In doing so, the report examines how human rights defenders, including human rights field workers, journalists, medical personnel and volunteers, are targeted and silenced in Area C, in an attempt by Israel to shrink...

A new report examines daily Israeli harassment of human right defenders in the occupied territories RAMALLAH, Monday, December 14, 2020 (WAFA) – A new report  by the Ramallah-based human rights organization, Al-Haq, launched today sheds light on the daily Israeli army harassment of human rights defenders in the occupied Palestinian territories. "DEPRIVED A VOICE: An Investigation into Shrinking Space in Area C" examines the daily harassment of human rights defenders by the Israeli occupying force and Israeli settlers illegally transferred to colonize the West Bank, in the area classified ...