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HRW calls on Turkey to end state of emergency after referendum

Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said on Monday that Turkey’s government and...

HRW examines what constitutional reforms mean for human rights situation in Turkey  

Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16, 2017, on constitutional amendments that would change the structure of governance in the country from a...

HRW says crackdown on Kurdish politicians interferes with rights of voters

Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said an ongoing crackdown on democratically elected...

Post-coup purge victim says he may never be a father due to torture in prison

A man jailed over alleged links to a failed coup in Turkey last July said during a recent hearing in Kırıkkale that he may...

HRW says president aiming for one-man rule, calls on Parliament to reject system change

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Wednesday saying that by means of changes to the constitution proposed in the Turkish Parliament, President...

HRW head: Erdoğan, Sisi violate human rights to great extremes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have violated human rights to great extremes in their own countries as they...

HRW: Erdoğan’s ‘dictatorial rule’ trampling on rights in Turkey in name of majority

A report released on Thursday by the US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Turkey’s president and government have used a coup attempt...

Human Rights Watch detects child soldiers within PKK

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to stop recruiting child soldiers and to punish commanders...

HRW report: Turkey’s silencing of media, assaults on press freedom shield state from scrutiny

A report by US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Thursday said that Turkey’s government has all but silenced independent media in...

HRW warns of deepening crackdown in Turkey

The detention of journalists from independent newspaper Cumhuriyet, the closure of the remaining Kurdish media outlets in the country and the jailing of two...

Human Rights Watch: Lawyer says police tortured clients by squeezing testicles

An Istanbul-based lawyer told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that police officers tortured her two clients by squeezing their testicles and forcing them to undress,...

Human Rights Watch: Detainee suffers from frozen shoulder after ill-treatment in custody

Forced to stay in a stress position for long hours, one of Turkey’s post-coup detainees suffered from frozen shoulder, a forensic specialist told Human...

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