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UK Foreign Secretary Calls for Release of Jailed Activists in Turkey, Including Amnesty Staff
Speaking at an event in Sydney, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he ‘deplored’ the actions of the Turkish authorities in arresting human rights activists, including Idil Eser, Amnesty’s Turkey…
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Turkey: Foreign Minister’s baseless allegations threaten entire human rights movement
Responding to statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu at a press conference following his meeting with High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini in Brussels, Amnesty International’s Europe Director,…
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Amnesty International Urges EU Officials to Raise Issue of Detained Human Rights Defenders with Turkish minister
While members and activists demonstrated outside, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, met with the European Commission’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, and asked her to urgently raise…
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Prior to meeting with Turkish foreign minister, EU official to discuss jailed activists with Amnesty chief
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, will urge EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini to urgently raise the issue of jailed human rights defenders — including Amnesty International’s…
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Turkey: International pressure mounts on Turkey as world leaders demand release of jailed activists
Just days after six human rights defenders were remanded in pre-trial custody in Turkey, the European Commission has joined governments and world leaders, including Angela Merkel, to demand their immediate…
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Jailing of activists, including Amnesty director, a crushing blow for rights in Turkey
CONTACT: Mandy Simon, [email protected] LONDON – The remanding of six human rights defenders in pre-trial custody is an appalling affront to justice and a new low in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown,…
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Turkey: Detention of rights activists, including Amnesty Director, extended
Turkish authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 10 human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today after their week-long police detention was extended by up to a further seven days.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Free Director Of AI Turkey (Turkey: UA 166.17)
Eight human rights defenders, including Amnesty International’s Turkey Director İdil Eser, and two international IT trainers, were detained by police on 5 July as they were participating in a workshop in…
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Absurd ‘terrorism’ investigation launched into Amnesty International’s Turkey Director and nine others
Responding to news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, seven other human rights activists and two IT trainers, are being investigated for membership of an armed terrorist organization,…
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Director of Amnesty International Turkey must be released from incommunicado detention
Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained on Wednesday along with seven other human rights defenders and two trainers during a digital security…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Hundreds At Imminent Risk Of Forced Eviction (Turkey: UA 158.17)
Hundreds of residents in neighbourhoods of the Sur district in Diyarbakır province, south eastern Turkey, are at imminent risk of forced eviction. For over a month now, their water and…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Release Amnesty International Chair Taner Kılıç (Turkey: UA 138.17)
Chair of Amnesty International Turkey Taner Kılıç was detained on 6 June, wrongly accused of membership of the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization”. On 9 June he has been remanded in pre-trial…