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Urgent action by Amnesty International for maltreated Iranian LGBTI+ rights defender

DETAINED NEAR TURKEY-IRAN BORDER

Urgent action by Amnesty International for maltreated Iranian LGBTI+ rights defender

Amnesty International notes that “the Revolutionary Guards arrested Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, known as Sareh, on October 27, 2021 near Iran-Turkey border while she was attempting to irregularly enter Turkey to seek international protection.”

11 February 2022

Letter to UN for Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk: 'Take urgent action'

Letter to UN for Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk: 'Take urgent action'

43 bars, law and rights organizations from Turkey and the world have sent a letter to the special rapporteurs and working groups of the United Nations and expressed “grave concern” over “imminent risk to health and life of ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk.”

21 January 2022

‘Urgent action’ campaign calling for investigation into torture in prison

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

‘Urgent action’ campaign calling for investigation into torture in prison

Addressing an open letter to Turkey’s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, Amnesty International has requested a “new prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the allegations of torture and ill-treatment” of a prisoner in Diyarbakır.

21 December 2020

‘Urgent Action’ Campaign by Amnesty International: Lives of Prisoners at Greater Risk

‘Urgent Action’ Campaign by Amnesty International: Lives of Prisoners at Greater Risk

In a petition for urgent action launched by Amnesty International, it has been noted that “the lives of thousands of prisoners and prison personnel are at greater risk in overcrowded prisons deprived of hygiene conditions.”

‘Urgent Action’ Campaign by Amnesty Calling for Release of Rapper Ezhel

‘Urgent Action’ Campaign by Amnesty Calling for Release of Rapper Ezhel

Amnesty International has said that there is no material evidence to cause the arrest of rapper Ezhel, and demanded that Ezhel be immediately released without any reservation.