HRW: 7 civilians killed in Turkish military’s possible war crime in northern Iraq
Turkish military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that killed at least seven civilians in Iraq’s Kurdistan region over a year should...
Turkish gov’t boycotts European human rights conference due to JWF’s participation
Turkey is the only country boycotting this year’s Human Dimensions Implementation Meeting (HDIM), Europe’s largest human rights conference sponsored by the Organisation for Security...
“Death in Custody- Right to Life in Turkish Prisons“
The Gülen movement-affiliated Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), which is based in New York, has expressed its concerns on “the clear trend of increasingly...
Turkish prisons at 17 percent overcapacity with 246K people behind bars
Turkish prisons are hosting some 35,000 prisoners more than its overall capacity, according to official data.
In a letter to a parliamentary inquirty, the Justice...
More than 1,000 inmates in Turkey’s prisons waiting for medical treatment
A total of 1,154 ailing inmates in Turkey’s prisons, 402 in serious condition, were awaiting medical treatment as of March 2, according to a...
Journalist tells story of Turkey’s post-coup detainees tortured in Ankara building
Turkish journalist Cevheri Guven has claimed in a video footage that post-coup detainees are being taken to a specially-equipped building in Ankara where they...