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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Turkey: On the 4th anniversary of his murder, justice for Ahmet ...
16 July 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: EUR 44/013/2012. 16 July 2012. Turkey: On the 4th anniversary of his murder,. justice for Ahmet Yıldız. ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/013/2012

Turkey: Further information: Protection provided to Turkish ...
12 July 2012

Turkish activist Enes Kuban Kural has been provided with a bodyguard by the Istanbul Governor, since we issued this UA. He had received a death threat on 15 May ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/012/2012

Turkey: Turkish activist recieves death threat
20 June 2012

Turkish activist and journalist Enes Kuban Kural received a death threat on 15 May while making his way home from his offices in Istanbul. This is the latest in ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/011/2012

Turkey: Time to recognise right to conscientious objection
13 June 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: EUR 44/010/2012. 12 June 2012. Turkey: Time to recognise right to conscientious objection. ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/010/2012

Turkey: Ensure safety of Syrian refugees and access for national ...
12 June 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: EUR 44/009/2012. 12 June 2012. Turkey: Ensure safety of Syrian refugees and access for ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/009/2012

Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister's staunch opposition to abortion ...
30 May 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: EUR 44/008/2012. 30 May 2012. Turkish Prime Minister's staunch opposition to abortion undermines human rights. ...

Public Statement       EUR 44/008/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Turkey: Follow-up procedure to the forty-fifth session of the ...
1 May 2012

Amnesty International is submitting this letter for the Committee's consideration to illustrate ongoing areas of concern related to the priorities for follow-up ...

Document       EUR 44/007/2012

Turkey: Further information: Human rights defender released in ...
17 April 2012

Prisoner of conscience Halil Savda has been conditionally released from prison in eastern Turkey. He was released under new amendments to the law on the execution ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/006/2012

Turkey: Prison transfer for human rights defender: Halil Savda
23 March 2012

Human rights defender Halil Savda was transferred to a new prison on 15 March. He has now served 28 days of a 100-day prison sentence, for speaking publicly about ...

Urgent Action       EUR 44/005/2012