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Rights groups call for unconditional release of arrested Boğaziçi University students

AHEAD OF FIRST HEARING

Rights groups call for unconditional release of arrested Boğaziçi University students

Ahead of their first hearing on January 7, four rights organizations have made a joint statement calling for the unconditional release of Berke Gök and Perit Özen, who have been arrested after protesting the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University.

Criminal complaint against ministers over deaths, rights violations during pandemic

Criminal complaint against ministers over deaths, rights violations during pandemic

On Human Rights Day, four labor and rights organizations filed a complaint against Health Minister Koca and Minister of Labor Bilgin over the death of more than 200 thousand people and violations of right to life and health during the pandemic.

10 December 2021

Human Rights Day | ‘We see, we don’t stay silent, we struggle’

RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

Human Rights Day | ‘We see, we don’t stay silent, we struggle’

The TİHV-HRFT and İHD: “Turkey is going through one of the gravest economic crises of the last 40 years. Poverty, precarity and disorganization have been aggravated by state of emergency practices. This picture has taken on a graver look with the pandemic.”

10 December 2021

Detained during assistant physicians’ protest in Van, Yaviç and Çiçek released

RÜMEYSA ŞEN COMMEMORATED

Detained during assistant physicians’ protest in Van, Yaviç and Çiçek released

Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber Chair Hüseyin Yaviç and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV-HRFT) Representative Sevim Çiçek were taken into custody when they wanted to make a press statement about the death of Dr. Şen.

26 October 2021

TİHV-HRFT calls for solidarity ahead of ‘Özgür Gündem’ retrial

HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 30

TİHV-HRFT calls for solidarity ahead of ‘Özgür Gündem’ retrial

Put on trial for being editors-in-chief on watch for Özgür Gündem newspaper and with their acquittal overturned by the appeals court, Korur-Fincancı, Önderoğlu and Nesin will once again appear before the judge on September 30.

28 September 2021

‘Police interventions against peaceful meetings, demonstrations continued in August’

İHD-TİHV REPORT

‘Police interventions against peaceful meetings, demonstrations continued in August’

Prepared by the Human Rights Association and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, a recent report shows that “there was no positive change in the violations happening in terms of freedom of expression, meeting and organization in August.”

20 September 2021

16 deaths caused by security forces’ vehicles in 3.5 years

16 deaths caused by security forces’ vehicles in 3.5 years

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, 16 people, including nine children and a person with disabilities, lost their lives by being run over by the vehicles of security forces and public institutions from January 1, 2018 to September 10, 2021.

10 September 2021