Report on the Massacre of Roboski - 03 January 2012

Report on the Massacre of the Villagers of Gülyazı (Bujeh) and Ortasu (Roboski) Villages of Uludere (Qileban) District of Şırnak Province Incident: 35 people–all of the males, 17 of them juveniles- were killed and another one was wounded and two other survived without wounding in t...

Joint Public Statement of HRFT and IHD on 10 December 2011

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. The Universal Declaration was adopted three years after the foundation of the United Nations on 10 December 1948. Thus the humanity gained most basic human rights document. The ide...

Ragıp Zarakolu and Büşra Ersanlı were arrested

Today (on 1 November 2011) Ragıp Zarakolu, the Human Rights Association’s Honour Board Member and Büşra Ersanlı, Lecturer at the Marmara University (Istanbul) Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, were arrested on charges of “being a member of an illegal organisation -...

Urgent Call for Action: Detention and Probable Arrest of Mehmet Tanhan

Mr. Mehmet Tanhan, the former Mayor of Nusaybin District of Mardin Province for ten years between 1999 and 2009, was detained on 18 October 2011 and still in detention concerning an investigation that had been launched 2008 regarding his activities as a mayor. 60 year-old Mehmet Tanhan previously ...

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Human Rights Defenders in Turkey

Hollanda Helsinki Komitesi tarafından 2006-2008 yılları arasında desteklenen "Türkiye’de İnsan Hakları Savunucuları: İnsan Hakları Örgütlerinin Yerel Şubelerini Güçlendirme"projesi hakkında ayrıntılı bilgiye buradan ulaşabilirsiniz.

Land Mines

Avrupa Komisyonu Türkiye Delegasyonu tarafından Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları Programı çerçevesinde 2006-2007 yılları arasında desteklenen Kara Mayını Eylem Programı hakkında ayrıntılı bilgiye buradan ulaşabilirsiniz.

Don't Remain Silent Against Torture

Avrupa Birliği Türkiye Delegasyonu tarafından Demokrasi ve İnsan Hakları Programı çerçevesinde kapsamında 2003-2006 yılları arasında desteklenen İşkenceye Sessiz Kalma kampanyası çerçevesinde hakkında ayrıntılı bilgiye buradan ulaşabilirsiniz.