content tagged with arrested rights defenders

Writers, Academics from Europe Address Letter To Erdoğan for Kavala’s Release

Writers, Academics from Europe Address Letter To Erdoğan for Kavala’s Release

35 academics, writers and researchers have come together under the guidance of the European Network on Political Group Analysis Jean-François Bayart, and addressed an open letter to President Erdoğan demanding Anadolu Kültür Executive Board Chair Osman Kavala’s release.

31 October 2017

Court Decides to Release 8 Rights Advocates in Pre-Trial Detention

BÜYÜKADA TRIAL OF RIGHTS ADVOCATES

Court Decides to Release 8 Rights Advocates in Pre-Trial Detention

First hearing of the 11 rights defenders detained over a training workshop in Büyükada, was held today. The court has ruled that all eight defendants in pre-trial detention be released pending trial.

26 October 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Trial of Rights Defenders Detained Over Workshop in Büyükada Begins

Trial of Rights Defenders Detained Over Workshop in Büyükada Begins

The rights defenders who were detained over a training workshop on July 5, 2017 in Büyükada and nine of whom have been jailed pending trial, stand before judge today after 113 days.

25 October 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

First Hearing of Rights Defenders Detained Over Workshop in Büyükada to be Held Tomorrow

First Hearing of Rights Defenders Detained Over Workshop in Büyükada to be Held Tomorrow

The rights defenders who were detained over a training workshop on July 5, 2017 in Büyükada and nine of whom are in detention on remand, will stand before the judge for the first time after 113 days.

24 October 2017

‘Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately’, Says CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Muižnieks

‘Rights Defenders Must Be Released Immediately’, Says CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Muižnieks

CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Muižnieks demanded in a message he shared on the social media, that the rights advocates from various rights organizations who were detained during a training workshop on July 5 in Büyükada and were later arrested, be immediately released.

18 October 2017

Arrested Rights Defender Dalkıran: Your Support Makes Us Resilient in Prison

Arrested Rights Defender Dalkıran: Your Support Makes Us Resilient in Prison

Rights defender Dalkıran, who was arrested along with other rights defenders during a workshop in Büyükada, has sent a letter to Agos weekly from prison saying that the solidarity people showed the rights defenders made them resilient in prison.

Peace Bloc: Rights Defenders Must Immediately be Released

Peace Bloc: Rights Defenders Must Immediately be Released

The Peace Bloc has expressed that arrest of the six rights advocates is a “practice towards damaging social peace”.