human rights

EFD Rights Watch: Eight Soldiers ‘Suicide’ per Month, 1 Million People Said “No!” to Aliağa therma power, Declining Women’s Rights…

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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 years? 1 Million People from İzmir Platform held a public demonstration against the thermal power plants yesterday and many parties, unions and non-governmental organizations participated the … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Violence against Women, KCK Trial, ECHR condems Tear Gas

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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 a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday. The KCK case theatre by Fréderike Geerdink The thing I remember most is the atmosphere in the court room. … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Zarakolu released; “ECHR Condemns Turkey Regarding Use of Pepper Gas in Peaceful Protest

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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 Istanbul from Bianet :: English Four people rushed into a Protestant church in Bahçelievler district and physically attacked the pastor, threatening and insulting him.   … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: ’80 coup trial roundup; Turkey on religious rights and more…

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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 all demanded the investigation to be enlarged and the trial to be founded on “crimes against humanity”. Cabinet intervenes in historic ?80 coup trial The … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Egg-throwing students face 5 years in jail; New media law to end newspaper bans…

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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 Halki Theological School be opened? from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZ I divide Turkey?s minority policies … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Cihan Kırmızıgül finally released; A promoted police chief; Child Abuse Tragedy in Prison continues…

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    * Student Cihan Kırmızıgül Released ? Bianet – 2 days ago University student Cihan Kırmızıgül was released pending trial at the eighth hearing of his case on Friday (23 March). The Galatasaray University student is     Penalty for Defending Murder with “Tradition” from Bianet :: English The Diyarbakır Bar Association decided for … Read more

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

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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: “Ragip Zarakolu, human rights symbol in modern Turkey”; new KCK arrests today…

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Ragip Zarakolu, human rights symbol in modern Turkey, Bulent Gokay from open Democracy News Analysis – by Bulent Gokay Turkey will become a real global power only when the high level of its economic progress is matched by a strong, stable and functioning democratic system. Ragıp Zarakolu, arrested journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocate, … Read more

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

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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…

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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: Turkey, the country with most convictions at the European Court of Human Rights in 2011

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Country with the most Convictions: Turkey from Bianet :: English The majority of judgements delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 concerned Turkey. Most of these decisions were related to violations of the right to a fair trial and to an effective investigation as well as long trial periods and ill-treatment. **********  … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: as Agos daily and Musa Anter books under censorship’s spot, Human Rights Watch warns Turkey

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Agos daily website, Armenian community’s paper in Turkey, was deemed not good for kids and was filtered by the request of Turkish Ministry of Education. This has been undone today… In the mean time, books of Musa Anter, assassinated Kurdish intellectual, are also investigated….   Turkey: Credibility Depends on Rights at Home | Human Rights Watch … Read more

EFD Rights Watch and a social fabric roundup… “259 Women Killed in Turkey in 2011

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259 Women Killed in Turkey in 2011 According to data collected by bianet, 14 women in Turkey were killed by men in December 2011. 24 women were injured, 15 women raped and 16 harassed. In total, 259 women were killed by male culprits in Turkey in 2011. Police detain 30 students from Hurriyet Daily News … Read more

Erdoğan yesterday on Uludere, aggressively angry, threatening a journalist, pro-militarist, worshipping the State…

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan leaves his seat to address the members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara January 3, 2012. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Erdoğan: Between the past and the future from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by YAVUZ BAYDAR … Read more

Turkey today: tens of journalists are detained in KCK Case….EFD Rights Watch

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 strangling the public sphere piece by piece…. Turkey arrests journalists in alleged terror plot CNN International – 13 minutes ago Turkey has been battling a Kurdish separatist insurgency led by guerillas from … organization referred to as the Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK) ********************** Interior minister criticizes media reports on beating from Hurriyet Daily News Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin … Read more