Universal Rights Association and Human Rights Solidarity Human Rights Solidarity we urgently call for international observers to attend the critical extradition hearing of lawyer Emre Çınar on January 5, 2026, at the Maputo City Courthouse in Mozambique; your presence is vital to ensure

On #AmnestyReads this week: Are African governments becoming conduits for transnational repression? The arrests of Turkish refugees in Kenya and Mozambique raise urgent questions about asylum, extradition, and the rule of law. Read Irũngũ Houghton’s powerful analysis.

Detained in #Mozambique: Turkish lawyer released after appearing before a judge The Turkish government’s "long arm", particularly under the Erdoğan administration, continues to manifest itself through unlawful practices beyond #Türkiye’s borders. The misuse of diplomatic and

In Turkiye, 2,659 individuals remain convicted on the basis of judgments that the European Court of Human Rights has found to be unlawful. Not despite the law, but in violation of it. #RuleOfLaw #HumanRights

#Türkiye - IBAHRI and 37 other #HumanRights & #lawyers’ orgs have issued a joint statement calling on Turkish authorities to immediately stop the abusive, ongoing criminal proceedings against İstanbul Barosu ahead of the expected final hearing (5-9 Jan). Read: tinyurl.com/ycxtcxab

Thank you to the MEPs who undertook the #humanrights mission to #Türkiye this week. Mounir Satouri 🌍 Μ. Κεφαλογιάννης Isabel Wiseler-Lima Reinhold Lopatka Nacho Sánchez Amor Arkadiusz Mularczyk MEP We appreciate your engagement and willingness to meet with Turkish authorities, civil society, and

Turkish diplomacy has been weaponized for transnational #repression A new #report — Weaponized Diplomacy: How #Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression (January 2026) — documents how embassies and consulates were turned into tools of surveillance, coercion and

Good News: The hearing resulted in the acquittal of all executive members of the Istanbul Bar Association. Margaret Satterthwaite CCBE Observatoire international des avocats en danger IBA's Human Rights Institute

Thank you to the #MEPs for their #humanrights visit to #Türkiye. Isabel Wiseler-Lima Μ. Κεφαλογιάννης Mounir Satouri 🌍 Reinhold Lopatka Nacho Sánchez Amor Arkadiusz Mularczyk MEP Your visit has clearly underscored several urgent and unresolved concerns: 📌A systemic lack of judicial independence and

#Turkey detains 132 in latest operations over alleged #Gülen movement links 📌Operations ongoing for more than a decade now point not to a concrete security threat but to a politically driven policy of prolonged punishment. 📌#ByLock is still presented as evidence in

The European Court of Human Rights (#ECtHR) has ruled that #Türkiye violated the right to a fair trial of a university lecturer dismissed over alleged #ByLock use. In September 2023, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR ruled that the use of ByLock does not constitute a criminal

#Turkey: Murdered in 2007, justice for #HrantDink remains denied. In 2025, charges against seven suspects were dismissed due to the statute of limitations. The full chain of responsibility has never been exposed. We call on authorities to end impunity and deliver full justice.

Press Freedom in #Türkiye: 2025 Statistics According to the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) Rights Violations Report, in 2025: 📌 New investigations were launched against 113 journalists 📌 105 journalists were detained 📌 40 of these journalists were arrested 📌

From Crackdown to Calculated De-escalation: Human Rights Abuses Against Turkey’s Kurdish Population (2020–2025) Our newly released report documents five years of systematic #human #rights violations against Turkey’s #Kurdish population, revealing a clear pattern: an initial