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25 airport workers, 5 union members released at first hearing of their trial

A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled for the release of 25 workers and five trade union members who were put in pretrial detention for...

Amnesty warns Moldova could expel more Turkish nationals

The director of rights organization Amnesty International Moldova (AIM), Cristina Pereteatcu, has told the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) that they believe 48 Turkish...

Amnesty says arrest of construction workers ‘an attempt to stifle dissent’

Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed a recent order by an İstanbul court to arrest 24 construction workers and union leaders pending trial...

Amnesty criticizes expulsion of 7 Gülen-linked Turks by Moldova

Human rights group Amnesty International has criticized a decision by Moldovan authorities on Thursday to detain and expel a group of Turkish citizens, calling...

Afrin residents endure a wide range of human rights abuses, Amnesty says

A new in-depth investigation by Amnesty International released on Thursday reveals that residents in Afrin, a town in northern Syria, are enduring a wide...

Int’l organizations decry verdicts for Zaman journalists, calling them ‘perversion of justice’

International organizations including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee...

Court rules to continue pretrial detention of Amnesty’s Taner Kılıç

The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the...

Police brutality targeting high school students sparks protests in İstanbul

Residents of İstanbul’s Kadıköy district gathered in protest outside a police station late Friday night after law enforcement officers beat and detained students demonstrating...

AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping across Turkey under state of emergency

"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...

Amnesty report says dissent being ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey

A report released by Amnesty International on Thursday reveals that critical voices and dissent were ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey in 2017 and that a...

[UPDATE] Turkish court reverses decision to release Amnesty’s Kılıç

An Istanbul court on Thursday reversed its decision to release Taner Kılıç, chairman of the board of Amnesty International Turkey, local media reported. The Istanbul...

Merkel condemns arrest of human rights activists in Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the arrest of six human rights activists including a German in Turkey and pledged to work for his...

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