by admin_HRWF | Jun 17, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Ever since last week, Turkish women have been giving their male counterparts a taste of sexist remarks by switching sex in popular sayings or political statements. By Nazlan Ertan Al-Monitor (10.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/2NieHhb – An...
by admin_HRWF | May 11, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
We call on Turkey to respect, guarantee, protect and fulfil the fundamental rights of the LGBTI community without discrimination as enshrined by its Constitution and equality article therein (article 10), and ratified by human rights treaty bodies. ILGA-Europe...
by admin_HRWF | May 4, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
End stigmatization of LGBT people, investigation of bar associations. HRW (01.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/2SzVxGj – The Ankara Prosecutor’s office in Turkey has opened a criminal investigation into the Ankara Bar Association after it filed a complaint...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 28, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
In Defence of Christians (13.01.2020) – http://bit.ly/2U5wWuG – Turkey has arrested Syriac Orthodox monk, Father Aho, on fraudulent charges of treason. On Thursday evening, January 9, Turkish anti-terror security forces raided Saint Yakoub d’Qarno,...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 26, 2019 | Security x Religion
Ankara is funding thousands of mosques out of more than just goodwill By John M. Beck The Atlantic (01.06.2019) – https://bit.ly/2MwXnHI – The mosque being built in Albania’s capital will be the largest in all the Balkans. Still a few months away from...
