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Turkey: Lifting of state of emergency must pave road back to justice
Responding to the fact that Turkey’s the state of emergency will not be renewed when it expires at the end of the day, Fotis Filippou, Amnesty International’s Deputy Europe Director said:…
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Afghanistan: Record high civilian casualties make returns unjustifiable
The international community cannot abandon the Afghan people who have fled conflict and violence at a time when civilian casualties continue at record highs, Amnesty International said today, calling on…
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Turkey: Conviction of six Zaman journalists “sends further shock through an already devastated media landscape”
Following the sentencing of six former columnists and editors of the shuttered Zaman newspaper to jail terms of between eight-and-a-half and ten-and-a-half years, and the acquittal of five others, Fotis…
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Turkey: Court defies logic as Amnesty Turkey Chair kept in jail
In response to the continued detention of human rights defender, Taner Kılıç, after the latest hearing against him, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General said: “Today’s heart-breaking decision to keep our colleague in…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Turkish Court Acquits Rapper (Turkey: UA 107.18)
On 19 June, an Istanbul court ordered the immediate release of rapper, Ezhel, after acquitting him of ‘publicly promoting the use of drugs’ on the basis of insufficient evidence of…
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Urgent Action Victory! – Turkish Court Acquits Rapper (Turkey: UA 107.18)
On 19 June, an Istanbul court ordered the immediate release of rapper, Ezhel, after acquitting him of ‘publicly promoting the use of drugs’ on the basis of insufficient evidence of…
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Turkey: “When I am released I want to carry on” says jailed Amnesty Chair
On the eve of the resumption of his trial, jailed Amnesty International Turkey’s Honorary Chair, Taner Kılıç, has made an impassioned plea for people not to stay silent on the issue…
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: June 18, 2018
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: (1) Family separation: Amnesty International demands that administration immediately halt family separation. (2) North Korea: Amnesty International calls on Trump administration to raise human…
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Syria: Scores of civilian casualties in suspected Russian air strike on Idlib
Responding to reports that Russian aircraft carried out an attack in Idlib province last night, killing at least 44 people, Lynn Maalouf, Middle East Research Director at Amnesty International, said: “This…
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Turkey: One year since the imprisonment of Taner Kılıç, demands for his release will not be silenced
Despite the government’s cynical crackdown on human rights, activists for justice and freedom will not be silenced, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the detention of Taner Kılıç. The…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Detained Rapper Accused Of Promoting Drugs (Turkey: UA 107.18)
Rapper, Ezhel, was remanded on pre-trial detention on 23 May accused of ‘publicly promoting drug use’ in his lyrics, music videos and social media posts. He faces up to 10…
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SENATE BRIEFING STATEMENT – TURKEY TARGETING MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY (MAY 16, 2018)
On May 16, Amnesty International co-hosted a briefing on human rights and religious freedom in Turkey. The briefing was cosponsored by the Senate Human Rights Caucus co-chairs Sen. Thom Tillis…