10 – 17 DECEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK

10 December 2013 10 – 17 DECEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK We have been witnessing the effective…

RESPECT FOR MANDELA

Nelson Mandela or-as his people call-Madiba, who showed the path of freedom and equality to the…

MISSION REPORT ON THE PROTEST MOVEMENT IN TURKEY AND ITS REPRESSION MAY-JULY 2013

The ‘Gezi Park’ events in Turkey – which actually extended far beyond the small Istanbul park…

REGIONAL STUDY THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN THE EURO‑MEDITERRANEAN REGION

 Regional Study The Right to Freedom of Assembly in the Euro‑Mediterranean Region –  PART 1 Click to…

SERIOUSLY ILL PRISONERS MUST BE RELEASED

Human Rights Association (İHD) Commissions on Prisons carried out research on ill prisoners in Turkey. The…

GREECE – TURKEY: ‘THE ROUTE IS DANGEROUS, PEOPLE ARE DYING’

The tragic limits of European migration policies Tighter controls at the border between Greece and Turkey…

GOVERNOR OF BURSA SHOULD APOLOGISE TO ROMA COMMUNITY

  Budapeşte, İstanbul, Ankara / 26 Sptember 2013   Budapest, Istanbul, Ankara, 26 September 2013: Human rights…

REPORT ON INCIDENTS DURING THE GEZI PARK RESISTANCE 27 MAY 2013 – 10 JULY 2013

Gezi Park Resistance 1. Introduction The peaceful demonstrations organised to protest the pedestrianisation of Taksim Square…

OBSERVATION OF THE TRIAL OF OSMAN İŞÇİ, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AND TRADE-UNIONIST

Observation of the trial of Osman İşçi, human rights defender and trade-unionist Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network…

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CALLS ON TURKEY TO IMPROVE ITS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION

Geneva 17-18 October 2012. The United Nations Human Rights Committee finalised the examination of the initial…