The respect for civil and political rights in Turkey is low. The power is concentrated to the president, and human rights defenders constantly face widespread persecution for criticising the governmen...
Civil Rights Defenders joins a host of international human rights organisations in calling for Turkey’s authorities to acquit 19 LGBTI+ HRDs standing trial for organising and participating in th...
We, the undersigned human rights organisations, believe that the only just outcome in the unfair prosecution of 19 human rights defenders for their participation in a peaceful Pride march on the campu...
Marking the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) we’re releasing an episode of The Human Rights Defender podcast speaking about WHRDs and the increasingly precarious role they ...
As part of Turkey’s Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders, Civil Rights Defenders condemns the new bill of indictment of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Osman Kav...
The member organisations of Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders have written a letter to the United Nations (UN) special mandate holders, underlining the recent increase in attacks on LGBTI+...
On Friday, 3 July, a court in Turkey sentenced four human rights activists to between two and six years in prison on terrorism charges. In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders and several human r...
The Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders – Turkey, of which Civil Rights Defenders has been a member since its inception, has issued a statement regarding the growing targeting of organ...
Today marks 900 days since Turkish human rights defender Osman Kavala has been detained. To-date, there are no convictions against him, nor has there been an indictment for his latest arrest. Despite ...
“We are angry, we are frustrated” was the message from Turkey’s civil society on Tuesday night as news broke that Osman Kavala had been re-arrested on fresh charges, just hours after his long-awaited ...
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