İHD January-February 2020 Digest

 

İHD

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2020 Digest

  20. 01.2020: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) issued an urgent appeal firmly condemning the ongoing judicial harassment against İHD’s Co-Chairperson Eren Keskin. https://ihd.org.tr/en/urgent-appeal-by-obs-for-eren-keskin/ 27.01.2020: İHD and EuroMed Rights issued a joint statement on the Gezi Trial criticizing the systematic criminalization of Turkish civil society and called on Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Osman Kavala. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-and-euromed-rights-joint-statement-on-the-gezi-trial/ 12.02.2020: İHD co-signed a FIDH statement about the “constitutional coup” in Russia warning that Putin’s move to devalue international human rights treaties could set dangerous global precedent. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-co-signed-fidh-statement-on-russia/ 13.02.2020: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) issued an urgent appeal calling for an end to judicial harassment against İHD’s İstanbul Branch Chairperson Gülseren Yoleri. https://ihd.org.tr/en/omct-urgent-appeal-for-gulseren-yoleri/ 17.02.2020: İHD underlines the vitality of peace for all: United Nations Peace Declarations. https://ihd.org.tr/en/un-on-the-right-to-peace-and-right-of-peoples-to-peace/ 19.02.2020: The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović called on Turkish authorities to restore judicial independence and stop targeting human rights defenders through administrative and judicial harassment. https://ihd.org.tr/en/coe-commissioner-for-human-rights-invites-turkey-to-restore-judicial-independence/ 19.02.2020: İHD and Amnesty International, Turkey; Association for Monitoring Equal Rights, Citizen’s Assembly, Human Rights Agenda Association, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Rights Initiative Association and Women’s Coalition issued a joint statement on the Büyükada Trial demanding justice for rights defenders. https://ihd.org.tr/en/joint-statement-on-the-buyukada-trial-justice-for-rights-defenders/ 20.02.2020: İHD issued a statement on the re-detention of human rights defender Osman Kavala inviting the authorities to put and end to Kavala’s arbitrary detention and restore his liberty. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-the-re-detention-of-osman-kavala/ 24.02.2020: İHD issued a comprehensive special report on the government’s “New Human Rights Action Plan” offering its opinion and recommendations under six main titles. (29,393) https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-report-on-the-new-human-rights-action-plan/ 28.02.2020: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) issued a statement on the Gezi Park Trial and Osman Kavala denouncing the new charges pressed against human rights defender Osman Kavala and called upon Turkish authorities to immediately release him. https://ihd.org.tr/en/the-observatory-statement-on-the-gezi-park-trial-and-osman-kavala/ 28.02.2020: İHD issued a statement on the recent attack in Syria that claimed the lives of 33 Turkish soldiers extending its condolences to their families underlining that wars cause tremendous suffering and destruction. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-the-recent-attack-in-syria/