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‘How was the Protest Against Removal of Syrians Attacked Despite Security Measures?’

MAZLUMDER ASSOCIATION CHAIR RAMAZAN BEYHAN

‘How was the Protest Against Removal of Syrians Attacked Despite Security Measures?’

Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (MAZLUMDER) Chair Beyhan has stated that sending the ones who have taken refuge in Turkey to save their lives to the same conditions is “remorseless”.

29 July 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Human Rights Advocate Gergerlioğlu Gets Prison Sentence for Social Media Post

Human Rights Advocate Gergerlioğlu Gets Prison Sentence for Social Media Post

Rights defender, journalist, and doctor dismissed from the medical profession by executive decree Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for one of his posts on social media.

21 February 2018

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Human Rights Organizations Demand İştar Gözaydın’s Release

Stating that Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın being arrested without solid evidence and on grounds of some false denunciations was unacceptable, human rights organizations demanded Gözaydın’s immediate release.

29 December 2016

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Rights Organizations Protest AKP MP Rejecting to Investigate Torture of FETÖ Arrestees

Six human rights Organizations have sent the Parliament an open letter to protest TBMM president of sub-Council for Prisons AKP li Mehmet Metiner for his statement “We will not run an investigation regarding the claims of torture and maltreatment against the arrestees from FETÖ”.

13 October 2016

"The State Violated the Right to Life by Punishing Collectively”

CİZRE REPORT OF MAZLUMDER

"The State Violated the Right to Life by Punishing Collectively”

MAZLUMDER prepared a report about the curfew in Cizre: “Clashes between security forces and YDG-H resulted in the violation of rights.”

23 September 2015 Elif Akgül

“Even Hepatitis B Patient Inmate Is Unable to Retrieve Test Results”

BATMAN M TYPE PRISON

“Even Hepatitis B Patient Inmate Is Unable to Retrieve Test Results”

MAZLUMDER Prison Commission released a report on the conditions of Batman M Type Prison, citing prison administration’s arbitrary practices on political inmates and health permits.

5 September 2013

Roboski Families Receive Human Rights Prize

Roboski Families Receive Human Rights Prize

Mehmet Atak, Ali Akel, Mustafa Cemlioğlu, Ahmet Kaya and families from Roboski became the recipients of this year's MAZLUMDER human rights prizes.

10 December 2012

“Until Death We Do Not Part”

“JUSTICE WATCH” FOR ANTEP BLAST

“Until Death We Do Not Part”

The Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (MAZLUMDER) launched a campaign for the victims of last week’s lethal blast in the southeastern province of Antep. Campaign volunteer Birgül Aktar, however, noted the difference in people’s reactions to last year’s Roboski massacre.

30 August 2012 Serhat Korkmaz

Rejection of Kurdish Defence Provokes Legal Action

Rejection of Kurdish Defence Provokes Legal Action

MAZLUMDER President Ünsal criticized the court board of the KCK trial in Diyarbakır for "misconduct of office" because they refused permission for a defence in Kurdish. Ünsal demands an administrative and criminal investigation about the court board.

21 October 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

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

NTV Accused of Airing Call For a Military Coup

MAZLUMDER, an association for human rights files a complaint on grounds that three people called for a military coup in a programme on local elections.