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Amnesty International  Report 2013


 
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Turkey: Police actions against demonstrators must be investigated
20 December 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 44/025/2012. 20 December 2012. Turkey: Police actions against demonstrators must be investigated. ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/025/2012

Turkey: Acquittal in conscientious objection case a win for free ...
7 December 2012

A Turkish court has acquitted four men on trial for their participation in a protest in support of a conscientious objector.

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Turkey: Further information: Hunger strike ended; health risks ...
21 November 2012

Some 700 prisoners who had been on hunger strike have all ended their protest. Around 60 had been on hunger strike since 12 September. According to media and lawyers ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/024/2012

Turkey: Hunger strikers denied medical care
9 November 2012

Hundreds are on hunger strike (some of them since 12 September) in prisons across Turkey. Lawyers told Amnesty International that prison authorities have denied ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/022/2012

Turkey: Amnesty International condemns the killing of two ...
5 November 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT Index: EUR 44/021/2012 5 November 2012. Turkey: Amnesty International condemns the killing ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/021/2012

Turkey: Respect the rights of hunger strikers
23 October 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: EUR 44/020/2012. 23 October 2012. Turkey: Respect the rights of hunger strikers. Amnesty ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/020/2012

Turkey: Further information: Conscientious objector released from ...
19 October 2012

On 12 October, conscientious objector İnan Süver was released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, on the grounds that time previously spent in pre-trial detention ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/019/2012

Historic verdict finds Turkish officials caused activist's death ...
2 October 2012

Two prison guards and a prison director have been given life in prison for torturing political activist Engin Çeber to death in a Turkish prison in October 2008 ...

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Turkey: Halil Savda must be allowed to exercise his right to ...
28 September 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: EUR 44/018/2012. 28 September 2012. Turkey: Halil Savda must be allowed to exercise ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/018/2012

Turkey: New verdict due in key torture case | Amnesty ...
24 September 2012

Almost four years to the day since Turkish activist Engin Çeber died in custody, a court will rule whether police and prison guards had a role in the torture that ...

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