Human Rights Issues in Turkey

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In the meantime, to learn more about human rights issues in Turkey, you can visit these websites:

• Human Rights Watch
• Amnesty International

Members in Turkey

• Human Rights Association
• Pressure on human rights defenders increasingly go on
• Turkish trade unionists once again banned from Istanbul central square
• Violations of Freedom of Expression are going on
• Last Operations against DTP are Attacks on Freedom of Expression and Organisation
• Human Rights Violations in Adana in January, February and March 2009: Monitoring Report by the Adana branch of the Human Rights Association
• Warning: Freedom of Expression and Association should be Respected, the Rule of Law should be Abided regarding Ergenekon Investigation
• Excessive Force Used by Security Forces Has Been Turned Into Hate
• The Human Rights Violation Report 2008 Proves that Our Serious Concerns about the Human Rights Situation in our Country are Right
• Prisoners are on hunger strike in Erzurum H Type Prison
• Pressures on human rights defenders, who want justice for children, are going on!
• Kurdish: A language that can be free or prohibited depending upon officials wish
• Turkey: Judiciary harassment against Osman Baydemir

Related News

• Turkey: Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders Must End!
• Pressure on human rights defenders increasingly go on
• Turkish trade unionists once again banned from Istanbul central square
• Violations of Freedom of Expression are going on
• Last Operations against DTP are Attacks on Freedom of Expression and Organisation
• Warning: Freedom of Expression and Association should be Respected, the Rule of Law should be Abided regarding Ergenekon Investigation
• Excessive Force Used by Security Forces Has Been Turned Into Hate
• The Human Rights Violation Report 2008 Proves that Our Serious Concerns about the Human Rights Situation in our Country are Right
• Prisoners are on hunger strike in Erzurum H Type Prison
• Pressures on human rights defenders, who want justice for children, are going on!
• Kurdish: A language that can be free or prohibited depending upon officials wish
• The EMHRN and the IHD urge the Turkish authorities to allow Jon Rud access to Turkey
• The Association Lambda Istanbul Shut Down, Stop the Persecution Against Minorities’ Rights
• Freedom of expression must be respected - Release Ethem Açıkalın
• Turkey: Judiciary harassment against Osman Baydemir
• EMHRN appeals to the EU to open the door to Turkey
• Turkey: Trial against the NGO "GIYAV"
• Offices of the Turkish Human Rights Association raided
• F-Type Prison Crisis in Turkey
• Ban on 'Virtue' Party in Turkey
• F-type prison crisis in Turkey
• Human Rights Association in Turkey threatened
• Turkish Raids on Prisons Violate Human Rights
• Open Letter to Turkish Authorities concerning Akin Birdal
• Court Action against Human Rights Defender in Turkey