Acts of torture, enforced disappearances in Turkey could amount to crimes against humanity, tribunal judges say
Presiding judge Françoise Barones Tulkens stated that the opinion was not legally binding but may serve as a source, with moral authority, for raising awareness. Haberin devamı için tıklayınız…
Turkey Tribunal: 2016 coup was a ‘gift from God’ for gov’t to purge independent judiciary
According to Bünyamin Tekin of Turkish Minute, Perilli’s report underlined that the improvements introduced by a constitutional amendment in 2010 for an independent judiciary were reversed after a graft probe in 2013 targeted the inner circle of then-prime minister and current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Haberin devamı için tıklayınız…
Victims of enforced disappearance testify before Turkey Tribunal: report
According to Bünyamin Tekin’s story, the judges first heard the testimony of Mustafa Özben, who was abducted by Turkish intelligence in May 2017. Özben’s testimony was the first publicly available testimony by a victim of enforced disappearance carried out by Ankara, live-streamed on the Turkey Tribunal website.with Prof. Dr. Johan […]
Ankara systematically tortures supporters of Gülen movement, Kurds, Turkey Tribunal rapporteurs say: report
According to Bünyamin Tekin’s story, after the opening speeches by Geneva University Rector Yves Flückiger and presiding judge Prof. Em. Dr. Françoise Barones Tulkens, Rapporteur Eric Sottas from Switzerland, former secretary-general of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), presented a report titled “Torture in Turkey Today,” which he prepared in […]
Turkey Tribunal: Panel of judges hears victims of torture, rights activist
The panel of judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, heard the testimony of two victims of torture and a rights advocate on Monday, Turkish Minute reported. Haberin devamı için tıklayınız…