by admin_HRWF | Oct 7, 2021 | Human Rights in the World
Joint Statement: METU Pride human rights defenders must be acquitted at upcoming trial On 8 October at 10:00 GMT+3, 19 LGBTI+ human rights defenders will return to court for what is expected to be the final hearing in the unfair trial they faced for organising and...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 26, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Novinite (16.04.2021) – https://bit.ly/3sOZztL – The so called “Istanbul Convention” once seemed relatively uncontroversial: a 25-page document meant to reduce violence against women across Europe. But a decade later, the initiative, known as...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 16, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Lela GILBERT Newsweek (13.04.2021) – https://bit.ly/2Q7kFq2 – Once upon a time, tourists in Turkey eagerly made their way to Hagia Sophia—a historic architectural marvel shimmering with the golden light of ancient mosaics. Although marred by many...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 25, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
By Zeynep Bilginsoy AP News (20.03.2021) – https://bit.ly/3skP0PN – Turkey withdrew early Saturday from a landmark European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first country to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name of its...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 5, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Europe’s leading LGBTI+ rights organisation, ILGA-Europe are alarmed to observe that in the past week the Turkish government has stepped up its systematic attacks on and defamation of LGBTI+ people and calls on President Erdoğan to guarantee the fundamental rights of...
