The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS), a partnership of FIDH and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), EuroMed Rights, and Front Line Defenders have each expressed deep concern regarding the ongoing judicial harassment and recent sentencing of attorney Eren Keskin, the Co-Chairperson of the Human Rights Association, to 3 years and 9 months in prison.
Click to read OBS’s urgent appeal: OBS_EREN KESKIN_087.2 TUR_003_0618_OBS 087.2-1
Click to read EuroMed Rights’ statement in English: “Sentencing of Eren Keskin: Another Blow Against Freedom of Expression in Turkey” https://euromedrights.org/publication/sentencing-of-eren-keskin-another-blow-against-freedom-of-expression-in-turkey/
Click to read EuroMed Rights statement in French: https://euromedrights.org/fr/publication/condamnation-deren-keskin-un-nouveau-coup-dur-contre-la-liberte-dexpression-en-turquie/
Click to read Front Line Defenders’ statement: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/eren-keskin-sentenced-3-years-9-months-prison#case-update-id-9827