İHD
March-April 2023 Digest
07.03.2023: 26 international and Türkiye-based non-governmental organizations, including the Human Rights Association, and 7 bar associations in the country presented a Rule 9.2 communication regarding the execution of the European Court of Human Rights’ Oya Ataman Group judgments.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/joint-rule-9-2-communication-in-the-oya-ataman-group/
25.03.2023: İHD released its preliminary report on the devastating 6 February 2023 earthquakes.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-preliminary-report-on-the-6-february-2023-earthquakes/
27.03.2023: Öztürk Türkdoğan, who has been serving as the chairperson of İHD since 2008, has stepped down to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Prominent human rights defender and lawyer Eren Keskin has been appointed to serve as the association’s new chairperson.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/change-of-office-at-ihd/
11.04.2023: İHD released a statement calling for the resignation of ministers running in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-ministers-running-in-the-parliamentary-elections-must-step-down/
13.04.2023: İHD issued a call for free and democratic elections drawing attention to recent attacks against some political party offices.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-calls-for-free-and-democratic-elections/
15.04.2023: İHD released a statement about the detention of Saturday Mothers and human rights defenders indicating that its quest for justice and truth will persevere.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-saturday-mothers/
26.04. 2023: İHD and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) issued a joint statement condemning the mass detention of 128 individuals as part of an investigation, calling it an unacceptable interference in the democratic electoral process and electoral security.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/hrft-ihd-joint-statement-on-mass-detentions-and-elections/