Türkiye Campaigns
Turkey: Turkey Violates International Human Rights Obligations – Prosecution of Ramazan Demir | Letter
21/08/2014
Full PDF Version Friday, August 22, 2014 President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Cumhurbaskanligi 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: … [Read more...]
Turkey: UPR Submission, June 2014 | Joint Submission
29/06/2014
Full PDF Version This submission outlines L4L’s and the Law Society’s key concerns regarding Turkey’s compliance with its international and national human rights commitments to guarantee effective access to legal services provided by an independent legal profession as set out in the Basic … [Read more...]
Prosecution and imprisonment of human rights lawyers in Iran, Russia and Turkey | Oral Statement to UN Human Rights Council by LRWC, L4L & ALRC
18/06/2014
Full PDF Version 12 June 2014 - Prosecution and Imprisonment of Lawyers for Discharging their functions: Jeong Ho Moon of ALRC presented a joint statement by LRWC, L4L and ALRC on the prosecution and imprisonment of human rights lawyers in Iran, Russia and Turkey. … [Read more...]
Iran, Russia and Turkey: Prosecution and Imprisonment of Lawyers for Discharging Their Functions: Joint Statement by LRWC, L4L and ALRC | Video
18/06/2014
12 June 2014 - Prosecution and Imprisonment of Lawyers for Discharging their functions: Jeong Ho Moon of ALRC presented a joint statement by LRWC, L4L and ALRC on the prosecution and imprisonment of human rights lawyers in Iran, Russia and Turkey. Jeong Ho Moon's statement begins at 26:41 … [Read more...]
Turkey: Lawyer Faces Criminal Charges for Words Spoken in Court | Letter
28/11/2013
Full PDF Version Ramazan Demir, has been criminally charged as a result of comments made in court during the representation of a client. Mr. Demir represents journalists and lawyers prosecuted for allegedly being members of, or connected to the KCK. LRWC, Lawyers for Lawyers and Fair Trial … [Read more...]
Turkey: Call for the Release of 15 Lawyers and One Journalist Arbitrarily Detained | Letter
02/08/2013
Full PDF Version Wednesday, August 2, 2013 Mr. Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey Cumhurbaskanligi 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey Office of the Prime Minister Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara, … [Read more...]
Turkey: Petition regarding mass detention of lawyers in Turkey | Joint Statement
01/04/2013
On 22 November 2011 46 lawyers were arrested in Turkey and charged with offences related to their participation in the defence of the leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan. Their trial started on July 2012. 22 of them are still in jail to date. Soon their pretrial detention will reach 500 … [Read more...]
Turkey: Mass Arrest of 15 Lawyers | Letter
29/01/2013
Mass Arrest of 15 Lawyers in Turkey Please click the following link to read LRWC and L4L's letter regarding the recent mass arrest of 15 lawyers in Turkey: Letter re: Mass Arrest.of Lawyers in Turkey (01.28.13) … [Read more...]
Turkey: Joint brief to the Human Rights Committee, 106th Session, on pre-trial release rights in Turkey
21/09/2012
This report, presently jointly by LRWC and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), to the United Nations Committee Against Torture examines the failure of the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) to comply with its obligations under Articles 9 and 14 of the International … [Read more...]
Arrest and Detention of Lawyers in Turkey: Right to Pre-Trial Release | Report
16/08/2012
Lawyers in Turkey are being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention and judicial harassment for merely defending their clients’ rights in politically sensitive cases. "Arrest and Detention of Lawyers in Turkey - Right to Pre-Trial Release" is a report presented jointly by Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]
