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...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 2, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By News Wires President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday lashed out at Turkey’s LGBT movement, accusing it of “vandalism” following an outbreak of student protests. France24/AFP (02.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3cviwx1 – Four...
