Press Release
World Press Freedom Day: From Chilling Arrests in the U.S. to Prisons in Turkey, Freedom of the Press Must be Protected
While the White House considers reviewing libel laws and reporters face arrest both in the United States and around the…
May 2, 2017
Press Release
Turkey: Journalists around the world demand release of 120+ jailed colleagues
The three former Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt for more than 400 days have joined thousands of other journalists,…
April 21, 2017
Report
Displaced and dispossessed: Sur residents’ right to return home
Tens of thousands of residents of the UNESCO world heritage site of Sur are among an estimated half a million…
December 2, 2016
Press Release
Turkey: HDP deputies detained amid growing onslaught on Kurdish opposition voices
The detention of 12 deputies from the Kurdish-rooted leftist Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) since last night marks the latest escalation…
November 4, 2016
Press Release
Turkey: Latest detention of journalists a “blatant misuse of powers”
In response to this morning’s detention of 11 journalists and staff from Cumhuriyet newspaper and the shutting down of 15…
October 31, 2016
Press Release
Turkey: Response to President Erdoğan’s speech challenging Amnesty International’s research findings
Responding to a speech today by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in which he criticized Amnesty International’s findings that some…
August 2, 2016
Press Release
Turkey: Intensified crackdown on media increases atmosphere of fear
As Turkey enters its second week of a three month state of emergency, the ongoing crackdown on civil society and…
July 28, 2016
Press Release
Turkey crackdown by the numbers: Statistics on brutal backlash after failed coup
Human rights in Turkey are in peril following a bloody failed coup attempt on July 15. The Turkish authorities’ reaction…
July 26, 2016
Press Release
Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations
Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in…
July 24, 2016
Press Release
State of emergency must not roll back human rights in Turkey
President Erdogan’s announcement of the imposition of a state of emergency must not pave the way for a roll-back in…
July 21, 2016
Press Release
Media purge threatens freedom of expression in Turkey
As the sweeping crackdown in Turkey following a failed coup continues, Amnesty International fears that purges are being extended to…
July 20, 2016
Press Release
Human rights in grave danger following coup attempt and subsequent crackdown in Turkey
Human rights in Turkey are in peril following a bloody coup attempt on July 15, which resulted in the deaths…
July 18, 2016