Reported plans by the governor of the southern Turkish province of
Adana to cut health care from demonstrators and their families violate
international standards
The recent death of a protester in Turkey, and the allegations of
excessive use of force by police and other ill-treatment of
demonstrators must be investigated
The Turkish Minister of
Justice has accepted the responsibility of the state in the case of
Engin Çeber who died after being held at the Metris Prison in Istanbul.
For the second time in one month Turkish law enforcement officials have
expelled the same group of Uzbekistani refugees into Iranian territory
in flagrant disregard for international standards protecting the rights
of refugees and asylum-seekers
Amnesty International calls for a prompt, independent and impartial
investigation into the circumstances of the death of 29 year old Engin
Ceber who died today after alleged torture by police, prison officers
and gendarmerie
Duygu Ozge Bayar is still wanted by the Turkish authorities after she and members of her choir were accused of spreading propaganda for an outlawed separatist group.
The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday may have passed
largely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to claim their
rights and celebrate their identity is under threat.
On the eve of May Day demonstrations,
Amnesty International calls upon the Turkish authorities to respect
the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to ensure
that force is used only where strictly necessary
