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Turkey Bans LGBT Activism to “Protect Public Security”

  • News, Turkey
  • 23 November 2017

Turkey has banned all events related to, or organised by, LGBT organisations in its capital Ankara. Citing public “sensitives” and “security”, the official authorities in Ankara label LGBT activism as...

Demand for Release of Turkish Human Rights Defender Murat Çelikkan

  • Statements, Turkey
  • 16 August 2017

The Turkish human rights defender Murat Çelikkan, who is facing an 18 months’ prison sentence, has turned himself into prison after the Istanbul Regional Court rejected his plea. Civil Rights Defender...

Turkey Must Release Arbitrarily Detained Human Rights Defenders

  • Statements, Turkey
  • 6 July 2017

Civil Rights Defenders condemns the arrest and arbitrary detention of eight human rights defenders in Turkey on 5 July 2017. The arrest took place during a workshop titled “Protection of Human Rights ...

18 Months in Prison for Prominent Turkish Human Rights Defender Murat Çelikkan

  • Statements, Turkey
  • 31 May 2017

Prominent Turkish human rights defender and Co-Director of Hafiza Merkezi (Truth Justice Memory Centre), Murat Çelikkan was charged on 16 May under “terror organisation propaganda” and sentenced by su...

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