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‘Turkey Must Restore Judicial Independence, Stop Targeting Rights Defenders’

COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Turkey Must Restore Judicial Independence, Stop Targeting Rights Defenders’

Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Mijatović has released a report following her visit to Turkey from July 1 to 5, 2019. She has called on Turkey to “restore judicial independence and stop the practice of targeting human rights defenders.”

20 February 2020

Observations on ‘Osman Kavala’: Gezi Cannot Have Been Organized by Single Person

COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Observations on ‘Osman Kavala’: Gezi Cannot Have Been Organized by Single Person

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Mijatovič, who intervened in the case of Kavala at ECtHR, has submitted her written observations to the court: “The thesis that Gezi could have been orchestrated by a single person has no credibility.”

16 January 2019

'Life in Turkey Becomes Impossible for Some People'

COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

'Life in Turkey Becomes Impossible for Some People'

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic has stated that some laws adopted in Turkey for struggle against terrorism have made life impossible for some people in the country.

6 December 2018

Crucial Problems: Detained Journalists and Censorship

OSCE MEDIA FREEDOM REPRESENTATIVE

Crucial Problems: Detained Journalists and Censorship

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Mijatovic paid her first official visit to Turkey to talk to government officials about media freedom. Prior to the talks she attended a panel of the Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences on freedom of expression.

15 December 2011 qwerty

Prison Threats Endanger Investigative Journalism in Turkey

OSCE

Prison Threats Endanger Investigative Journalism in Turkey

Mijatovic from the OSCE appreciated Minister Davutoğlu's initiative for legal amendments to avoid trials on freedom of expression at the European Court of Human Rights and offered her assistance. She said that critical reporting is hindered by prion threats in Turkey.

16 September 2010 Erol Önderoğlu