August 1st marks the anniversary of the Istanbul Convention initially signed in 2011 and aiming to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. As the Council of Europe remarked, “2020 should have been a year in […]
On 16 June 2020, unknown perpetrators broke into Human Rights Association co-chair and woman rights defender Eren Keskin in Istanbul. Referring to this incident, Wadih Al-Asmar, President of EuroMed Rights said:
Threats against İHD Co-Chairperson Eren Keskin must stop! Read More »
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) forcibly sent 100 Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, to Mersin, Turkey. They have been transferred
Syrian refugees in Cyprus pushed back to Turkey Read More »
Even the COVID-19 cannot stop politics. The recently adopted “Amnesty Law” in Turkey is another proof of the authorities’ relentless crackdown undertaken to quiet dissident voices. While 90,000 inmates were
No amnesty for Erdogan’s critics Read More »
Interview with Alev Özkazanç, visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford with the research project on anti-gender movements and gender violence in Europe and Turkey How would you define anti-gender
Gender justice the “Turkish” way: anti-gender politics in the land of AKP Read More »
In the last few years, the number of “backlashes” against women and LGBTQI+ persons’ rights across the world have risen. One of those growing anti-equality forces gathers under the common
International Women’s Day 2020: tackling anti-gender movements Read More »
Refugees are currently being used as pawns in the global power play surrounding the war in Syria. In Idlib, nearly a million people, including many children, are still trapped under
Refugees must not be used as bargaining chips! Read More »
For the Turkish version, click here. The fifth hearing of the Gezi trial will resume on 28 January 2020, on the same day as the Universal Periodic Review of
The Gezi trial or the systematic criminalisation of Turkish civil society Read More »
The fourth hearing in Turkey’s political and unjust trial of 16 civil society activists and human rights defenders is scheduled for December 24 before an Istanbul court. The defendants, who
Turkish Authorities Must Free Osman Kavala and Drop the Gezi Trial Read More »
Read joint NGO Submission to the Universal Periodic Review On the occasion of our meeting of 18-20 October 2019 in Brussels, we, members of EuroMed Rights Executive Committee, want to
Turkey: message of solidarity to Osman İşçi Read More »
