A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates the right to freedom of association.
The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday may have passed
largely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to claim their
rights and celebrate their identity is under threat.
On the eve of May Day demonstrations,
Amnesty International calls upon the Turkish authorities to respect
the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to ensure
that force is used only where strictly necessary
Human rights activist Eren Keskin has been sentenced to six months and 20 days in prison after being convicted of “denigrating the Turkish army”.
Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo.
On the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of the
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Amnesty International calls on
the Turkish authorities to condemn all forms of intolerance and to
bring all those involved in the killing to justice in accordance with
international fair trial standards
Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.
The Turkish authorities must recognize and guarantee the right to conscientious objection, Amnesty International said on the eve of a trial that may send a conscientious objector to prison.
Since the beginning of the war in Iraq in March 2003, more
journalists have been killed in that country than anywhere else in the
world.
