İHD March-April 2020 Digest

İHD MARCH-APRIL 2020 Digest   04.03.2020: Human Rights Joint Platform issued a joint statement entitled “War…

İHD’s Primary Concerns on the Amendment to the Law on the Enforcement of Sentences

İHD has sent its written assessment to the chairperson and members of the Grand National Assembly…

COVID-19: Jailed Human Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately

8 April 2020 In light of the serious threat posed to prisoners by the rapidly spreading…

İHD-THİV Call for Urgent Action to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons

İHD-THİV Call for Urgent Action to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons 7 April 2020…

FIDH: States Bear Direct Responsibility for the Health of Individuals in Their Custody

While the cases of COVID-19 are multiplying in prisons, detention centers and in places of custody,…

Special Report: On the Bill to Amend the Enforcement Law

İHD’s ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BILL TO AMEND THE LAW ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF SENTENCES…

OMCT Statement Calling for Early Release from Prisons in Turkey

Turkey: Grant early release from overcrowded prisons without discrimination Brussels-Geneva March 31, 2020 While welcoming the…

İHD Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Sick Prisoners

Sick Prisoners and the COVID-19 Pandemic 31 March 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) that appears to have first…

Joint Statement: COVID-19 Pandemic and Urgent Measures in Prisons

COVID-19 Pandemic and Urgent Measures in Prisons 20 March 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) that appears to have…

Human rights defender Mehmet Raci Bilici unfairly convicted

Repression of human rights defenders continues in Turkey where a board member of the Human Rights…