[OPINION] A Witch-Hunt Case: Japanese Concentration Camps in the USA
[ Interview ] I faced harassment, rape, arrest, torture and imprisonment, but I did not give up
Fernando Lozano
Tagged human rights
"For the lifting of Turkey's two-year state of emergency to have been anything more than a cosmetic exercise, it needed to be accompanied by urgent measures. These have not been taken. Instead Turkey's brutal crackdown against journalists, activists, lawyers, academics and other civil society actors has continued unabated. NGOs and newspapers have been shut down and even simple celebrations such as Pride Parades have been banned or restricted. As the students of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara discovered in May, those trying to defy these bans are met with police batons and tear gas." Stefan Simanowitz – Media Manager, Amnesty International
Wir haben uns mit der Journalistin Meşale Tolu zum Interview getroffen, um uns über ihr neu herausgekommenes Buch "Mein Sohn bleibt bei mir!" (Rowohlt Verlag) zu unterhalten. Tolu wurde nach dem Puts... Read More...
Philip Bernard Kowalski
In the late spring of 2013, Istanbul was aflame in an intoxicating, revolutionary atmosphere. What started as an environmentalist sit-in protest against the destruction of the last green space in Taksim Square... Read More...
Impediments to Defending Human Rights in Turkey Outlined in New Amnesty International Report
Human rights are being eroded in Turkey. Although issues existed prior to July 15th, 2016, the coup attempt and subsequent State of Emergency (SoE) has seen an abolishment of rights like freedom of express... Read More...
[NEWS] UN Special Rapporteur brings the human rights violations under SoE to attention
By PPJ- 26 February 2018 The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ni Aoláin, published and submitted... Read More...
Amnesty International Condemns Turkey Rights Violations in Annual Report
Today, Amnesty International released its Annual Report on the state of human rights around the world. The section on Turkey was scathing, with rights violations becoming more and more f... Read More...
[REPORT] PPJ has released new report on CoE- Turkey relations
Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) has just released its new report on relationships of Council of Europe and Turkey in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt of July 2016. The report entitled COUNCIL O... Read More...
HRF: 268 Curfews Declared in Turkey
According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, at least 268 curfews were declared in at least 47 districts in 11 provinces; fundamental rights of at least 1,809,000 people were violated. The Human Right... Read More...
[REPORT] A Comprehensive Report On The Prison Conditions In Turkey: In Prison 2017
Platform for Peace & Justice (PPJ) has released its comprehensive report on the prison conditions in Turkey during the State of Emergency declared in the wake of failed coup attempt in July 2016. The report... Read More...
[NEWS] Jailed Judge is awarded by PACE with Human Rights Prize
By PPJ The fifth Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to Turkish supporter of the independence of the judiciary M... Read More...