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AI: EU leaders must press Turkey on human rights

Iverna McGowan, director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said ahead of a European Council meeting on Oct. 19 and 20 which is expected...
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Pro-gov’t daily says abducted Gülen follower brought back in Turkish, Pakistani operation

The pro-government Güneş daily said on Monday that Turkish and Pakistani security forces carried out a successful operation to bring back to Turkey Mesut...
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AI calls on Turkey to release human rights defenders on 100th day anniversary in jail

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on the Turkish government for the immediate and unconditional release of 11 prominent human rights defenders, including its...
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Turkish court hands down prison sentence to WSJ reporter

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years, one month in prison on charges of engaging in...
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US backs Ankara ambassador in visa row, says ‘disappointed’ with Turkish gov’t

The US State Department on Tuesday backed its ambassador in Ankara, John Bass, for halting non-immigrant visa services in Turkey, noting that it was...
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Jailed Turkish lawyer awarded 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) announced on Monday that jailed lawyer Murat Arslan, president of the now dissolved Association for...
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Novelist Aslı Erdoğan, jailed journalist Deniz Yücel awarded Leipzig Media Prize

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who was released last year after 132 days in prison due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, and...
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3 Turks among five dead in eastern France apartment fire

A deadly fire ripped through a social housing block in the eastern French city of Mulhouse on Sunday night, killing five, including four children....
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[VIDEO] Turks in Pakistan urge Islamabad gov’t to provide details on missing Turkish family

A group of students, teachers and executives from PakTurk schools in Islamabad on Thursday called on Pakistan government to provide information about a Turkish...
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[VIDEO] Friend says concerned about safety of principal, family, abducted in Pakistan

Fatih Avcı, who was released after being abducted on Wednesday along with school principal Mesut Kaçmaz, his wife and two daughters in Lahore by...
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State Department warns US citizens of persistent terror threat in Turkey

The US Department of State on Thursday updated a travel warning for US citizens in or traveling to Turkey due to the persistent threat...
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Pakistani rights group calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish principal, family

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of Mesut Kaçmaz, the former principal of a Turkish school in...
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