International Reactions

International bar organization condemns gov’t repression of lawyers in Turkey

The International Observatory for Lawyers at Risk (OIAD) on Tuesday issued a statement expressing alarm over the intensification of repression carried out by Turkish authorities against lawyers and calling on the government to respect the international conventions to which Turkey is a party that protect basic human rights and ensure the ability of attorneys to […]

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Monitoring group documents Turkey-backed profiling in Netherlands

The Turkish government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have extended the ongoing oppression on critics to abroad by using government institutions, quasi-official structures and front NGOs, a report released by Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has revealed. The report, drawn from a case study on the Netherlands where close to half a million Turks live, exposes how the

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