Advocacy Update: Addressing the Injustice Against 78-Year-Old Melek İpek in Turkey
As part of our ongoing efforts to defend human rights, we have taken significant steps to raise awareness about the case of Ms. Melek İpek, a 78-year-old philanthropist currently imprisoned…
RE: The “Case of the Minor Girls” (Kiz Cocuklari Davasi) Trial Highlights Systemic Flaws in Türkiye’s Judiciary
New York, December 3, 2024 – The “Case of the Minor Girls” trial, held from September 23 to 27, 2024, at the İstanbul 24th High Criminal Court, has drawn international…
Call to action for detention of minors in Istanbul, Turkey – 8/19/2024
ISTANBUL, MAY 7, 2024 – A CONTROVERSIAL OPERATION RESULTS IN THE DETENTION OF MINORS We urge human rights activists, journalists, politicians, and lawyers to attend the trial on September 23,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 10/18/2022
MASS DETENTIONS IS A BRUTAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST RAISE ITS VOICE CALLING ON THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY END INCARCERATING DISSIDENTS ON CHARGES OF TERRORISM. In…
RELEASE AHMET ÖZKAN IMMEDIATELY
RE: AST URGES TURKISH AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE AHMET ÖZKAN and ALL THE ELDERLY and SEVERELY SICK INMATES IN TURKEY’S PRISONS. Ahmet Zeki Özkan, a 65-year-old stage 4 cancer patient, has…
