Marking the World Refugee Day, the EMHRN says that the soon to be concluded readmission agreement between Turkey and the EU would fail to protect the rights of both regular and irregular migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
World Refugee Day 2013: EU-Turkey Agreement Puts Refugee and Migrant Rights on the Line Read More »
While the police continued to violently crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Istambul, a fourth person died in the protests and over 50 lawyers have been arrested while protesting in an Istanbul courthouse.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the Human Rights Association (IHD) express their utmost concern over the repression of the social movement currently unfolding in Turkey.
Freedom of Assembly violated in Turkey: the unacceptable repressive spiral Read More »
Following the legal and legitimate reaction by the people of Istanbul to the continuing pedestrianization project, the police carried out heavy attacks that cannot merely be described as “extreme/disproportionate/immoderate”.
The EMHRN and the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) welcome the release yesterday of 22 Turkish trade unionists and human rights defenders who have been detained ‘on terror charges’.
Commissioner Cecilia Malmström met the Turkish ambassador in Brussels to officially initial – in other words preliminarily agree on – a readmission agreement between the European Union and Turkey.
EU Turkey Readmission Agreement Read More »
A delegation of the EMHRN was in Ankara where it met with its member organisation IHD, the Ministry of Justice, the National Human Rights Institute, the EU Delegation and representatives of the European Parliament.
Turkey: Stop judicial harassment against Human Rights Defenders Read More »
The Iraqi and Turkish authorities should immediately re-open border crossings where more than 10,000 Syrians have been stranded for weeks and allow all those wishing to seek asylum to cross without delay, HRW said today.
Iraq/Turkey: Open Borders to All Syrian Refugees Read More »
The undersigned organisations express their deepest concern regarding the decision of the court to place in detention 28 trade union members, including Osman Işçi.
The staff, board and members of PCATI are extremely concerned about the welfare of Mr. Osman Işçi and other human rights defenders recently arrested or are under threat of arrest.
TURKEY: Human rights defender Osman Işçi must be immediately released Read More »
