İHD May-June 2021 Digest
İHD
MAY-JUNE 2021 Digest
06.05.2021: OBS-İHD issued a special report on the shrinking space for freedom of association in Turkey. https://ihd.org.tr/en/obs-ihd-report-turkeys-civil-society-on-the-line-a-shrinking-space-for-freedom-of-association/ 11.05.2021: İHD and HRFT issued a joint statement on the attack against Palestinians. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-hrft-joint-statement-on-the-recent-attack-against-palestinians/ 09.06.2021: UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, issued a statement urging Turkey to release imprisoned human rights defenders and to stop using vague terrorism charges to criminalize people who stand up for human rights. https://ihd.org.tr/en/turkey-stop-mis-using-the-law-to-detain-human-rights-defenders/ 15.06.2021: OBS issued an urgent appeal about the sentencing and continued judicial harassment of Sevda Özbingöl Çelik, human rights lawyer and member of İHD’s local Şanlıurfa branch. https://ihd.org.tr/en/obs-urgent-appeal/ 20.06.2021: İHD released a statement on the occasion of the World Refugee Day. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-statement-on-the-world-refugee-day/ 21.06.2021: FIDH released a statement calling on Turkey to promptly investigate the violent attacks against opposition figures expressing its deep concern about the attack on the İzmir office of the Peoples’ Democratic Party. https://ihd.org.tr/en/fidh-turkey-must-promptly-investigate-the-violent-attacks-against-opposition-figures/ 21.06.2021: İHD issued its landmark policy paper on the prevention of sexist, repressive behavior and mobbing. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-policy-paper-on-the-prevention-of-sexist-repressive-behavior-and-mobbing/ 26.06.2021: İHD and HRFT issued a joint statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture along with a review of acts of torture and ill-treatment in Turkey in 2020. https://ihd.org.tr/en/ihd-hrft-statement-international-day-in-support-of-victims-of-torture/ 28.06.2021: İHD’s Central Women’s Committee released a statement condemning police violence against the LGBTI+ in İstanbul who gathered together for the 19th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride parade. https://ihd.org.tr/en/lgbti-rights-are-human-rights/