İHD
MARCH-APRIL 2022 Digest
01.03.2022: İHD issued a statement thanking all for their solidarity with its co-chairperson, Öztürk Türkdoğan, who was facing multiple criminal proceedings.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-thanks-all-for-their-solidarity-with-its-co-chairperson/
01.03.2022: İHD translated Öztürk Türkdoğan’s defense presented before the Ankara 19th Heavy Penal Court.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/OTurkdogan-Defense_19th-Heavy-Penal-Court.pdf
07.03.2022: Women from İHD released a statement on the occasion of 8 March International Women’s Day.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/taking-to-the-streets-on-8-march-international-womens-day/
16.03.2022: İHD released a statement condemning the Halabja Massacre.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-condemns-the-halabja-massacre/
18.03.2022: İHD and HRFT issued a joint statement expressing their solidarity with the Turkish Medical Association and Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Financı who have been targeted by the authorities.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/hrft-ihd-joint-statement-tma-and-sebnem-korur-fincanci-are-not-alone/
18.03.2022: İHD and HRFT issued an urgent call for action asking the authorities to stop judicial harassment against Fırat Akdeniz, a member of İHD’s local Diyarbakır branch.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/urgent-call-for-action-firat-akdeniz/
20.03.2022: İHD released a statement celebrating Newroz (new day) harbinger of spring.
22.03.2022: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS), a partnership of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, issued an urgent appeal for Saturday Mothers who have been facing judicial harassment as their right to freedom of assembly have been restricted.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/obs-urgent-appeal-saturday-mothers-2/
31.03.2022: Civil society organizations from all over the world issued a joint statement criticizing the bid to dissolve the HDP.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/joint-cso-statement-on-the-bid-to-dissolve-the-hdp/
12.04.2022: İHD issued a call inviting all to be present at the second hearing of the trial on 19 April 2022 before the Ankara 19th Heavy Penal Court within the scope of which its co-chairperson was standing trial under TPC Article 314/2.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-call-for-ozturk-turkdogans-2nd-hearing/
16.04.2022: İHD issued a statement condemning the ruling of a regional appeals court upholding the conviction sentence rendered for its co-chairperson Eren Keskin.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-eren-keskins-conviction/
20.04.2022: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS), a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, issued an urgent appeal criticizing the sentencing and continuing judicial harassment of Eren Keskin.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/obs-urgent-appeal-eren-keskin/
20.04.2022: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS), a partnership of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, welcomed the acquittal of Öztürk Türkdoğan of the charge of “membership to an illegal armed organization” and issued an urgent appeal at the same time as Mr. Türkdoğan faces two more criminal proceedings.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/obs-urgent-appeal-ozturk-turkdogan/
27.04.2022: İHD and HRFT released a joint statement condemning the conviction sentences under trumped-up charges handed down to Osman Kavala, Mücella Yapıcı, Çiğdem Mater, Hakan Altınay, Can Atalay, Mine Özerden, Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi and Tayfun Kahraman in the Gezi Trial.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/joint-ihd-hrft-statement-on-the-gezi-park-trial-verdict/
29.04.2022: İHD released a statement calling for the immediate release of sick prisoners in critical condition urging the authorities to respect their right to life.