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Amnesty, 26 NGOs call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners amid coronavirus crisis

Amnesty International and 26 other rights groups and civil society organizations from Turkey and around the world on Monday released a joint statement calling for the release...

Turkish court delays verdict in coup-related trial of 11 rights activists: report

A Turkish court has delayed its verdict in the case of 11 rights activists arrested in 2017 on terror charges, BBC reported. In an unexpected move,...

Prosecutor demands terror conviction for Amnesty’s honorary Turkey chairman

Prosecutors on Wednesday called for Amnesty International's honorary Turkey chairman to be convicted of membership in a terrorist group, meaning up to 15 years in prison,...

Amnesty launches letter campaign demanding release of jailed journalist Altan

Prominent rights group Amnesty International has launched a letter campaign to secure the release from prison of Turkish journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, whom...

Amnesty accuses Turkey of illegally deporting Syrians into war zone

Turkey spent the months leading up to its military incursion into northeast Syria forcibly deporting refugees to the war-torn country, in advance of attempting to create...

Cambodia arrests Mexican-Turkish national over Gülen links: report

Cambodian police have arrested the Turkish-Mexican former director of a school run by the movement of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, who Ankara blames for a...

Malaysia says Turkish national under UN protection deported on police advice: report

Malaysia on Friday confirmed that it had deported a Turkish asylum seeker registered with the United Nations, along with his family, after police said...

Rights groups express concern over abuses against civilians in Turkish-held Syrian city of Afrin: report

Rights groups are expressing concerns over the increasing abuses against civilians by rebel forces in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin, the Voice of America news...

NGOs demand release of Turkish activists held over protests

Several NGOs including Amnesty International in a joint statement called for an end to what they termed "judicial harassment" of civil society activists in...

Amnesty renews call for international investigation into Khashoggi murder

Amnesty International has renewed a call for an international investigation into the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi -- a slaying that has...

Turkish minister admits owning illegally constructed hotels

Mehmet Ersoy, Turkey’s minister of culture and tourism, admitted that he owns illegally constructed hotels, in an interview that appeared in the Hürriyet newspaper...

AI Germany says Turkey, Russia violating human rights declaration: report

Amnesty International (AI) Germany’s secretary-general criticized Turkey and Russia in particular for violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the anniversary of the...

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