EFD Rights Watch: five sergeants -allegedly- sexually abused a 16-year-old girl and released…

Prosecutors launch probe into sergeants over accusations of sexual abuse of minor in Turkey Prosecutors in the southeastern Anatolian province of Bingöl have launched an investigation over accusations that five sergeants sexually abused a 16-year-old girl. ***************** Uludere case sent to a military court The Diyarbakır public prosecutor has ruled the ongoing Uludere case out … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “An informant offers to cooperate in the Dink murder probe:

  An informant offers to cooperate in the Dink murder probe: report from Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul prosecutor investigating the murder of Hrant Dink received a letter Feb. 13 from an inmate claiming to have information on Dink?s killers *************** Iran MP criticizes Turkey’s ‘crackdown’ on journalists from Hurriyet Daily News Spokesperson for Iran?s … Read more

For Hrant Dink. Photos from today’s commemoration…

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We are here! – Buradayız! – Ahparig! Some Turkish citizens continue to remember Dink Assassination…

Hrant Dink, 6 ans après son assassinat : un nouveau procès ? from YOL (routes de Turquie et d’ailleurs) by anne

Ayşe Özer Hrant için yazdı: “GÜVERCİN”

GÜVERCİN Barışın simgesi güvercinler, eskiden haber uçurmak için kullanılırmış. İnce bacaklarına bağlanan dürülmüş kağıtlar bulurmuş hedefini. O haber uçuranlardan biri, ?bir güvercin tedirginliği yaşıyorum? demişti sokak ortasında sırtından vurulmadan önce. Daha sonra onu vuran çocuk ?ben olsa olsa yüzde yirmi bir suçluyum? demişti. Matematik zekası iyiydi çocuğun ki bu kadar ince bir hesap yapabilmişti. Okusaydı … Read more

Turkey?s newly elected first ombudsman, Mehmet Ömeroğlu, under fire… Immunities row now… Politics roundup…

Ombudsman alla Turca from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Parliament elected its first ombudsman, or public inspector, last week on Nov. 27, sparking a new debate on his eligibility. Ombudsman under fire for his verdict on Dink from Hurriyet Daily News Pressure is mounting for Turkey?s newly elected first ombudsman to resign amid criticism from the … Read more

So the State confesses negligence in Dink murder… 1023 Child Political Convicts in 2010… EFD Rights Watch

  Turkish state personnel knew Dink was to be killed, presidential board says from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s State Audit Board (DDK) completed a report into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink today State confesses negligence in Dink murder from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by LALE KEMAL ?State … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin, also victims of KCK trial…

Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin have been detained on Monday, February 13th Dear Friends, We regret to inform that our friends and colleagues Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin have been detained on Monday, February 13th. Arslan is a director, author and scholar. Sahin is also a director, cinematographer and actor. The authorities allege … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Academic Ersanlı and Writer Zarakolu – 100 Days in Jail and more…

Academic Ersanlı and Writer Zarakolu – 100 Days in Jail from Bianet :: English “We want Justice and Freedom on the 100th day of arrest” demanded the Eğitim-Sen Istanbul Universities Branch on 8 February. The protestors marked the 100th day in detention for academic Ersanlı and writer Zarakolu with a demonstration in front of the … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: No arrest for Armenian soldier?s killer, but Officer promoted despite claims in Dink murder…

No arrest for Armenian soldier?s killer from Hurriyet Daily News A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır ruled Jan. 30 to continue without arrest the trial of suspect Kıvanç Ağaoğlu in the case of Sevag Şahin Balıkçı, a Turkish citizen of Armenian origin killed under dubious circumstances while performing his military service in … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Not surprisingly “Turkey Loses Ground again in World Press Freedom Index

Turkey Loses Ground again in World Press Freedom Index Turkey fell back ten places to number 148 in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index. According to the report of Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is in an even worse state in only 31 countries. Press freedom index: big falls for Arab trio in year of … Read more

Hrant Dink trial once again puts judiciary process in Turkey under fire.. A roundup…

Turkey seeks to streamline judicial process from FT.com – World, Europe Ankara has unveiled a package of almost 100 reforms to the lumbering judicial system, which is under the international spotlight Judiciary in Turkey under European fire from Hurriyet Daily News The Council of Europe?s Thomas Hammarberg implores Turkey to fix its ill functioning justice … Read more

Agos’un önünden son ileti ve görüntü derlemesi… #kardesimsinhrant

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A few videos on Hrant Dink #kardesimsinhrant

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In front of Agos daily. Thousands witness…

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