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Tensions as Berkin Elvan is laid to rest
Yesterday, we carried news of fifteen year old Berkin Elvan’s death. He weighed less than 36 pounds at the time of his death. In Turkey and in cities throughout the world protests have been held in...
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AI Turkey Researcher Andrew Gardner blogs from Istanbul
Andrew Gardner Amnesty International’s researcher on Turkey has been in Istanbul monitoring events. This morning, Amnesty his blog. He writes: All the evidence suggests that Berkin died because of...
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Amnesty issues statement on human rights and urban transformation projects in...
Children in Tarlabasi. Open source from Wikicommons In advance of the March 30 local elections in Turkey, Amnesty International has issued a statement calling on all parties to commit to “[conducting]...
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Neither apology nor call for justice
Many observers wondered how Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan would respond to the death of Berkin Elvan. Berkin Elvan was a fourteen year old boy who was struck in the head by a policeman’s tear...
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The Trail of Impunity: Roboski and Okmeydani
The protests which have shaken Turkey in the aftermath of Berkin Elvan’s death at age fifteen have generated many shocking images. Grainy photographs from protests in Roboski/Qileban, however, struck...
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Ali Ismail would have been Twenty today
Ali Ismail Korkmaz would have been twenty today. Instead, he was brutally beaten to death last June during the Gezi protests. There is substantial evidence of police involvement in his murder and in a...
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A late night attack on internet freedom
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was as good as his word. According to Reuters, he told a friendly crowd at a rally in Bursa earlier today: “Twitter, mwitter!,” Erdogan told thousands of...
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The frustrating road to justice in the Sarısülük case
Ethem Sarısülük The case of Ethem Sarısülük, killed by a policeman’s bullet during the Gezi protests, has been one of on-going concern for Amnesty International. Yesterday, the trial had its fourth,...
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“Twitter Trial” in Izmir
Coming in the context of repeated efforts by the Turkish government to block social media outlets, the next hearing of the Izmir “Twitter Trial” is receiving international attention. The case involves...
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Amnesty calls on Turkey: “Respect right to peaceful assembly” on May 1
May Day, 2013. Protestors fleeing tear gas. Photograph by Burak Kara. Used with Permission In advance of annual May 1 demonstrations, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is talking tough again. “Give up...
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