İHD
May-June 2023 Digest
03.05.2023: İHD issued a statement on World Press Freedom Day underlining the need for protecting and ensuring much-needed freedom of expression.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-world-press-freedom-day/
05.05.2023: Front Line Defenders issued an urgent appeal for Saturday Mothers/People who face a new trial for exercising their right to peaceful assembly.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/frontline-defenders-urgent-appeal-for-saturday-mothers/
05.05.2023: Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic urged Turkish authorities to protect democratic freedoms.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/dunja-mijatovic-the-turkish-authorities-must-protect-democratic-freedoms/
12.05.2023: EuroMed Rights released a statement urging Turkish authorities to ensure free and fair electoral process.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/euromed-rights-turkey-must-ensure-free-and-fair-electoral-process/
15.05.2023: İHD published its interim observation report on the presidential and 28th parliamentary elections.
21.05.2023: İHD released a statement on the 159th anniversary of the Circassian Genocide underlining that genocide is a crime against humanity.
23.05.2023: İHD, Progressive Lawyers Association, Lawyers for Democracy, Lawyers for Freedom, and Social Law issued a joint statement indicating that they would not give in to threats against lawyers and rights defenders.
28.05.2023: İHD published its election observation interim report for the presidential election runoff.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-election-observation-interim-report-for-the-presidential-election-runoff/
29.05.2023: İHD issued a statement following the elections stating that the message of the election results was a demand for more human rights and democratization.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-what-needs-to-be-done-after-the-elections/
07.06.2023: İHD published its elections observation report that incorporated the association’s observations and evaluations during and after the elections of 14 May 2023 as well as the presidential runoff.
https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-elections-observation-report/
25.06.2023: İHD, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and Turkish Medical Association’s Human Rights Branch released a joint statement and a report on the occasion of 26 June “International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.”