European Court condemns Turkey for failure to investigate Kurdish...
A Kurdish man whose brother was extra-judicially executed in Turkey has won his case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) (Buldan v. Turkey).Savas Buldan was leaving a casino with two friends...
View ArticleUrgent Action - Turkey: Take action against torture of BP pipeline campaigner
Turkish authorities have arrested and tortured a prominent human rights defender following his work to highlight the social and environmental impacts of the controversial Baku-Ceyhan pipeline. Human...
View ArticleTurkey: BTC campaigner considers indefinite hunger strike to protest...
The prominent human rights defender detained and allegedly tortured in Turkey following his work to mitigate the impacts of the controversial Baku-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline has indicated that he will...
View ArticleTurkish Supreme Court orders release of Leyla Zana
Leyla Zana and three other former Democracy Party (DEP) parliamentarians are to be released, following a decision of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeal today. The decision follows a complaint from the...
View ArticleLaunch of Charter for Kurdish Women's Rights
Prominent human rights advocate Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is to deliver a keynote speech on Tuesday, at an event to mark the publication of a Charter for the Rights and Freedoms of Women in the...
View ArticleEuropean Court condemns censorship of publisher in Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights held on 13 July 2004 that Turkish authorities had violated the free expression of the owner and director of a publishing house and denied her a fair trial, in one of...
View ArticleTurkish authorities repeatedly violated right to life, rules European Court
The European Court of Human Rights has found Turkey to have committed several violations of the ECHR in two separate cases relating to the right to life brought by KHRP. KHRP took the first case to the...
View ArticleTurkey: BTC campaigner's office attacked
The office of Ferhat Kaya, a prominent human rights defender who was detained and allegedly tortured earlier this year following his work to mitigate the impacts of the controversial Baku-Ceyhan (BTC)...
View ArticleTurkey: Acquittal for police accused of torturing BTC campaigner
Eleven police officers accused of beating and torturing a prominent human rights defender, Ferhat Kaya, were acquitted today in Turkey. The officers were alleged to have subjected Kaya to torture or...
View ArticleResolution of the Brussels Conference "CoE's Committee of Ministers...
Resolution of the Brussels Conference "CoE's Committee of Ministers supervises Turkey's execution of ECHR judgements" Civic Forum for monitoring the EU - Turkey process founded. International...
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