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EFD Rights Watch: “Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie” and more..
Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk |Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie Le Monde.fr | 05.07.2012 à 10h03 • Mis à... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Number of arrested students rise, KCK operations and more…
Number of arrested students ‘on the rise’ in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News A recent report prepared by the Solidarity with Arrested Students Platform says that there are currently 771... Read more
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Turkish government works for an explicit Patriarchal society. Now Ministry of Health informs…
…fathers or husbands if a woman is pregnant by sending an SMS message…. After all ranting on abortion, having 3 children, attempting to make adultery a crime and family values... Read more
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Free fall…. Mehdi Hasan writes the story of free speech being lost in Turkey…
In Turkey the right to free speech is being lost | Mehdi Hasan by Mehdi Hasan Erdogan is using a series of alleged plots to justify a crackdown on dissent... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s wanna-be bedroom coach, says that Abortion is ‘murder,’
Today in Beşiktaş a feminist group protested Erdoğan’s latest – not any more funny- ranting: via Twitter PM Erdoğan counters growing pressure over Uludere massacre with arguments beyond reason… For... Read more
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US Department of State Annual Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011- TURKEY SECTION
Turkey To link directly to this report, use: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?dynamic_load_id=186414 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers. In the June 12... Read more
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Turkey 2012 human righs reports by Amnesty International
Promised constitutional and other legal reforms did not occur. Instead, the right to freedom of expression was threatened and protesters faced increased police violence. Thousands of prosecutions brought under flawed... Read more
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In the mean time, “Turkey Ranks First in Violations in between 1959-2011″ at ECHR…EFD Rights Watch
Turkey Ranks First in Violations in between 1959-2011 from Bianet :: English Turkey ranks first among the number of countries convicted for rights violations by the European Court of... Read more
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As justice in Turkey sinks lower… A university student to 11 years in poshu scarf case #CihanKirmizigul EFD Rights Watch
Turkish student sentenced to 11 years in poshu scarf case from Hurriyet Daily News A Turkish court sentenced university student Cihan Kırmızıgül to 11 years in jail. ************** ... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Support Video for Prof. Ersanlı, Kurdish Migrant Women, More detained at KCK operations…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Msg87Mg9s Video Support from Her Students In order to protest the imprisonment of Büşra Ersanlı, “The Students of Büşra Ersanlı” prepared a video series. Ersanlı speaks about ‘love’, with the... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Eight Soldiers ‘Suicide’ per Month, 1 Million People Said “No!” to Aliağa therma power, Declining Women’s Rights…
Eight Soldiers ‘Suicide’ per Month from Bianet :: English Minister of National Defense İsmet Yılmaz answered the parliamentary question of CHP: “934 military people committed to suicide in last 10... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Violence against Women, KCK Trial, ECHR condems Tear Gas
Turkey’s Kurdish leadership debates the definition of terrorism from FP Passport by Allison Good Members of Turkey’s Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) proposed a more decentralized Turkish government at... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Zarakolu released; “ECHR Condemns Turkey Regarding Use of Pepper Gas in Peaceful Protest
Prominent publisher, 14 others released in KCK case: report from Hurriyet Daily News Jailed publisher Ragıp Zarakolu and 14 others have been released in the Church Pastor Attacked in... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: ’80 coup trial roundup; Turkey on religious rights and more…
Military Coup Case Begins with Victims’ Cry for Justice Two generals didn’t attend the first sitting of the case but relatives of the victims and rights’ activist were there. They... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail; New media law to end newspaper bans…
Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail in Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News A prosecutor has asked for up to five years of imprisonment for two students Will the... Read more
