Türkiye Campaigns
Turkey: Law Society of England and Wales Calls for Re-Instatement of and Due Process for 2,745 Dismissed Judges | Letter
25/07/2016
Full PDF Version The Law Society of England and Wales in a letter endorsed by LRWC, calls for re-instatement of and due process for the more than 2,700 judges summarily dismissed on 16 July 2016. The dismissals, which took place immediately after what is referred to as the ‘attempted coup,’ were … [Read more...]
Turkey: Right to Pre-Trial Release in the Matter of Imprisoned Lawyers in Turkey
28/06/2016
Full PDF Version Lawyers in Turkey are being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention and judicial harassment for merely defending their clients’ rights in politically sensitive cases. As a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the European … [Read more...]
Turkey: Unlawful and Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Ms. Ayşe Acinikli and Mr. Ramazan Demir | Joint Letter
04/05/2016
Full PDF Version LRWC and other international human rights organizations call on United Nations Special Rapporteurs to take action to ensure the release and withdrawal of charges against arbitrarily detained human rights lawyers Ms. Ayşe Acinikli and Mr. Ramazan Demir. … [Read more...]
Turkey: Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions of İrfan Arasan, Ayşe Acınıklı, Hüseyin Boğatekin, Şefik Çelik, Adem Çalışcı, Tamer Doğan, Ayşe Gosterislioglu, Mustafa Ruzgar and Ramazan Demir | Letter
24/03/2016
Full PDF Version President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Cumhurbaskanligi 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu, Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 417 0476 Email: … [Read more...]
Turkey: Tragic Killing of Tahir Elçi | Obituary
02/12/2015
Deeply shocked we are by the brutal killing on 28 November of our colleague lawyer TAHİR ELÇİ who was President of the Diyarbakır Bar Association. We, the undersigned, lawyers organizations from all over the world would like to pay our condolences to his family and colleagues with whom he worked on … [Read more...]
Turkey: Arrest and Investigation of Human Rights Lawyer Tahir Elçi | Letter
22/10/2015
Full PDF Version October 21, 2015 OPEN LETTER Mr. Kenan İpek, Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Adalet Bakanligi 06659 ANKARA, Turkey Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Cad. No:8 Balgat 06100 ANKARA, Turkey Your Excellencies, Re: Arrest … [Read more...]
Turkey: Persecution of Lawyers and Journalists in Turkey | Event
16/01/2015
Full PDF Version Persecution of Lawyers and Journalists in Turkey Tuesday, 27 January, 2015 12:45 – 14:30 Room XXIII Palais des Nations, Geneva Sandwiches and Drinks will be served This event comes at a time when the rule of law in Turkey is under serious threat. Both lawyers and … [Read more...]
Turkey: Report of Hearing at Çağlayan Justice Palace 13th November 2014 | Report
08/12/2014
Report of hearing at Çağlayan Justice Palace 13th November 2014. For the last two years the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales have, along with lawyers from a number of other countries in the EU and the US, been observing the trial of 45 mainly Kurdish lawyers who have … [Read more...]
