Joint Press Statement on the Büyükada Convictions

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT

3 July 2020,

After the Hearing,

Çağlayan Courthouse, Istanbul

  This lawsuit, which has nothing to do with laws and should have never been opened in the first place, is concluded with another unlawful decision. The court's ruling based solely on trumped-up charges, all of which have already been refuted, is yet another stain on Turkey’s judicial history. As we said before the hearing, we will not accept the conviction of even a single friend of ours. We will keep monitoring this case as it goes through the appeal process. We will not stop fighting until justice is delivered for human rights defenders.   Amnesty International Turkey Association of Lawyers for Freedom Association for Monitoring Equal Rights Citizens’ Assembly Turkey Civic Space Studies Association Civil Rights Defenders Human Rights Association Human Rights Agenda Association Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Initiative for Freedom of Expression Kaos GL Media and Law Studies Association SPoD LGBTI+ Punto24 Association for Independent Journalism Research Institute on Turkey The Rights Initiative Association Truth Justice Memory Center Turkish-German Forum of Culture Women’s Coalition