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Attorneys Working on Soma Case Detained in Police Raid

Attorneys Working on Soma Case Detained in Police Raid

Police raided apartments, offices of attorneys from Progressive Legists’ Association, detained 6 lawyers. Attorney Yeşil from the association said that the attorneys were working on the Soma Case regarding the occupational homicide in Soma mine, where 301 miners had lost their lives.

27 October 2017 Ayça Söylemez

Attorneys Staging Protest for Gülmen, Özakça Detained

Attorneys Staging Protest for Gülmen, Özakça Detained

Three women attorneys, who are from the ÇHD), attempting to protest the authorities’ unresponsiveness for the hunger strike of Gülmen and Özakça have been dragged on the floor and taken into custody.

Attorney Timtik Detained in Djemevi Released After 64 Days Arrest

Attorney Timtik Detained in Djemevi Released After 64 Days Arrest

23 people including Progressive Legists' Association Central Office Director and Peoples’ Law Office attorney Barkın Timtik have been released after 64 days of arrest.

17 February 2017

Kozağaçlı Among Four Attorneys Detained in Police Raid, Released

Kozağaçlı Among Four Attorneys Detained in Police Raid, Released

Legal Bureau of the People Ankara Office has been raided twice this week by police, four attorneys were taken into custody, including Kozağaçlı, the President of Progressive Legists' Association and released

22 November 2016 Ayça Söylemez

YARSAV President Murat Arslan Arrested

YARSAV President Murat Arslan Arrested

Murat Arslan, President of the Association of Judges and Prosecutors closed down in the State of Emergency and former judge at Court of Accounts has been arrested on charge of being a member of the “FETÖ/PDY".

27 October 2016

Letter from European Council of Bars to President Erdoğan

Letter from European Council of Bars to President Erdoğan

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe has written a letter expressing their concerns about detention of 22 attorneys including the ÇHD Vice President Ermiş for six days.

13 September 2016

Criminal Complaint Against Police Battering Woman Lawyer

Criminal Complaint Against Police Battering Woman Lawyer

Criminal complaint has been filed against the police breaking two vertebral bones of lawyer Zeycan Balcı from Progressive Legists Association, and his superiors and officials giving him the order.

8 April 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Police Break 2 Lumbar Spines of Lawyer Balcı

Police Break 2 Lumbar Spines of Lawyer Balcı

Police have attacked on press statement tried to be made after hearing of Progressive Jurists Association, two lumbar spines of lawyer Balcı have been broken resulted by the kicks she got.

31 March 2016 Ayça Söylemez

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

49 Taken into Custody in Police Attack on Cizre Protest in İzmir

Police attacking the Cizre protest in İzmir has taken 49 persons into custody including Coşkun Üsterci from TİHV, İHD manager Gurbet Uçar, HDP Party Assembly member İbrahim Akın and KESK term spokesperson Bahri Alkan.

9 February 2016

Censorship in Prisons

Censorship in Prisons

Letters about rights violations in prison do not get through to columnists and journalists. Newspapers dealing with rights violations and ill-treatment in prison are not allowed into prison. A report of the ÇHD Prison Monitoring Commissions revealed a number of problems faced by inmates.

26 January 2012 Ayça Söylemez

"Concern and Fear" about Practices in Tekirdağ Prison

"Concern and Fear" about Practices in Tekirdağ Prison

The Contemporary Lawyers Association files a criminal complaint against Tekirdağ Prison Second Director Ak because of "experiences that raise concern and fear". The association will also complain about Prosecutor Arda for remaining passive.

26 August 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Turkish Journalists Association: "A Dark Year for Press Freedom"

Turkish Journalists Association: "A Dark Year for Press Freedom"

After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the Turkish Journalists Association warned that "crimes of thought are on the rise again". The Contemporary Lawyers Association sees a fair trial endangered.

4 March 2011 Erol Önderoğlu,Nilay Vardar

Complaint about Court Board for Deadlock of Procedures

FESTUS OKEY TRIAL

Complaint about Court Board for Deadlock of Procedures

The Contemporary Lawyers Association filed a criminal complaint at the HSYK about the court that handles the murder case of Nigerian immigrant Okey. Lawyer Boğatekin claimed that "not the perpetrators but human rights defenders who are seeking justice are tried".

9 February 2011

Trial against bianet and Lawyer Tanay Postponed

Trial against bianet and Lawyer Tanay Postponed

The case filed by former General Head of Prisons and Detention Stations Ertosun against lawyer Tanay and bianet website co-ordinator Kürkçü was postponed to January 2011. Tanay and Kürkçü are facing a heavy compensation claim.

20 December 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

5 Children and 3 Adults Killed in Şırnak in 15 Months

5 Children and 3 Adults Killed in Şırnak in 15 Months

A joint report by the Şırnak Bar Associaiton, the Contemporary Lawyers Association and the Human Rights Association revealed that eight people, five of whom were children, were killed by explosives or in police interventions in the past 15 months.

1 December 2010 Semra Pelek

"Why Did the Police not Step in against Lynch Attacks?"

ÇHD FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLITICAL LEADERS

"Why Did the Police not Step in against Lynch Attacks?"

The Contemporary Lawyers Association filed complaints about Prime Minister Erdoğan, Interior Minister Atalay, two governors and provincial chiefs of police. The Association criticizes a lack of police action against recent lynch attempts in three Turkish cities.

6 January 2010 Bawer Çakır

Pro-Kurdish DTP Closed down by Constitutional Court

DTP CLOSURE CASE

Pro-Kurdish DTP Closed down by Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court ruled for the closure of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party and imposed a political ban on 37 of its members. Co-chairs Türk and Tuğluk are deposed from their duties as MPs. Human Rights organizations criticized the decision.

14 December 2009 Erol Önderoğlu,Tolga Korkut,Erhan Üstündağ

Rights Activists Call for Torture to Be Punished

Solidarity with Torture Victims

Rights Activists Call for Torture to Be Punished

Rights activists have warned that there has been a rise in cases of maltreatment and torture since 2005. Perpetrators mostly remain unpunished.

26 June 2009 Erhan Üstündağ

Call for Release of Journalist Aylin Duruoğlu

Press freedom

Call for Release of Journalist Aylin Duruoğlu

The Contemporary Journalists’ Association (ÇGD) has called for the release of Aylin Duruoğlu, editor of the gazetevatan.com website.

13 May 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Four Lawyers Taken into Custody

Operatıon ın Ankara

Four Lawyers Taken into Custody

Four lawyers, two of them members of the Human Rights Association, have been taken into police custody. Their office and homes have been searched.

13 May 2009 Bawer Çakır

Ergenekon Will Bring Disappointment As The Former Operations

Contemporary Jurists Association argues that as long as the political, economic and social system stays intact, what is uncovered in Ergenekon will repeat itself.

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