Implementing the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is a non-negotiable obligation, said Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija...
Jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said the party aspires to solve Turkey’s so-called Kurdish problem and...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has failed to start infringement proceedings against Turkey due to the country’s non-compliance with European...
The city of Weimar, Germany, has announced that it will grant its 2021 Human Rights Award to Selahattin Demirtaş, an opposition Kurdish politician who...
Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has called on the country’s Kurds to have faith in science and get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
“I hear the...
The Council of Europe's (CoE) Council of Ministers on Thursday threatened for the first time to launch disciplinary proceedings against Turkey over its failure...
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on conviction of targeting the public prosecutor who indicted him along...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence of four years, eight months given to Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been...
A court on Monday handed down a prison sentence of three-and-a-half years to Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep...
Prominent rights group the Amnesty International’s (AI) Europe Director Nils Muižnieks has said Turkey’s failure to release Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala and Kurdish politician...
Amnesty International on Wednesday called on member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) to institute infringement proceedings against Turkey for failing to implement...
