58 Rights Groups Press EU to Condemn Turkey’s Political Crackdown - Stockholm Center for Freedom

58 rights groups press EU to condemn Turkey’s political crackdown - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A coalition of 58 human rights and press freedom organizations has urged the European Union to issue a strong condemnation of Turkey’s escalating crackdown on political opposition and civil liberties, ahead of Friday’s European Political Community (EPC) summit. In an open letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa, the groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights W…

Türkiye: Time for the EU to act on human rights and rule of law violations - ARTICLE 19

Letter to the EU about the crackdown on the right to political participation, the right to assembly, freedom of expression and the rule of law in Türkiye.

Türkiye: Open letter to EU leaders regarding the assault on the right to political participation, the rule of law and human rights in Türkiye

In an open letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council António Costa, Amnesty International and 57 other human rights organizations, media freedom groups, journalists’ organisations and representatives of the international legal community raise our profound concern over the extraordinary assault by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the right to political participatio…

Türkiye: ICJ and other organizations call on EU to respond to escalating crackdown on rule of law

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), together with 57 other human rights, legal and media organisations, has addressed an open letter to the leaders of the European Union, urging immediate and concrete action in response to the Turkish government’s ongoing assault on the rule of law and human rights. The letter expresses serious concern over politically motivated arrests and detentions, the use of criminal law and anti-terrorism legisl…