One year ago, on July 1st 2021, the Turkish government officially withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, a legal text aiming at preventing and combating violences against women and promoting gender equality.
June is Pride month all over the world and a time to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and their rights. Unfortunately, although advances have been seen, LGBTQIA+ rights continue being violated
Pride month 2022: LGBTQIA+ violations rising in the Euro-Mediterranean region Read More »
IDAHOT Day: EuroMed Rights stresses its solidarity with organisations and LGBTQI+ activists fighting for their rights in Turkey and across the region.
Turkey: Gender Diversity is a human right! Read More »
Joint statement from 28 organisations, including EuroMed Rights, denouncing the verdict of the Gezi trial handed down on 25 April 2022.
Free the Gezi defendants! Read More »
Statement in support of IHD Co-Chairperson Öztürk Türkdoğan ahead of the first hearing of his trial on 22 February 2022.
Turkey: new trial against Öztürk Türkdoğan, new proof of judicial harassment Read More »
In Turkey, counterterrorism measures have long been used to prevent the work carried out by civil society organisations. In 2021, the situation worsened for these organisations since the adoption, on
Turkey’s biased use of counter-terrorist measures Read More »
Joint press release from EuroMed Rights, Human Rights Association Turkey and Civic Space Studies Association calling for the release of Boğaziçi University students.
Turkey: Freedom of expression endangered in universities Read More »
Violations of women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights are intensifying across the Euro-Mediterranean region. A multitude of actors originating from autocratic, illiberal, and even democratic countries are now publicly holding anti-women and anti-LGBTIQ stances. These backlashes take multiple forms. Despite the strong
It’s time to map backlashes to gender equality! Read More »
EuroMed Rights publishes a new interactive tool to monitor contestations of gender equality across nine countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Putting backlashes to gender equality on the (political) map! Read More »
UPDATE: On 19 November 2021, Şeyhmus Gökalp was acquitted of all terrorism-related charges by the Diyarbakır 10th Heavy Penal Court. The Prosecutor objected to this acquittal, and this objection is
Turkey: the judicial harassment against Şeyhmus Gökalp must stop! Read More »
