Orhan Kemal Cengiz, a lawyer, human rights defender and newspaper columnist, has been threatened and intimidated because of his legal work on behalf of one of three ...
On the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of theTurkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Amnesty International calls onthe Turkish authorities to condemn ...
After elections last year, the government restated its commitment to further legislative reform and advancing guarantees of human rights and freedoms. However, ...
This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International’s main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between January and June 2007. Not every country in the ...
The Turkish authorities are preparing to forcibly return an Iranian-Kurdish family who are recognised refugees, to Iraq, where their lives would be in danger. Ayoub ...
Ihsan Tekes, an alleged member of the armed separatist group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), was reportedly detained by the Turkish Army on 19 September 2007 ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: EUR 44/016/2007 (Public). News Service No: 189. 2 October 2007. Turkey: Attacks on civilians must stop. ...
