Turkey: Baseless prosecution of Öztürk Türkdoğan an “attack on all those who speak out for human rights”

By Amnesty International

All charges against Öztürk Türkdoğan, the co-chair of Turkey’s most prominent human rights organisation and a respected lawyer, should be immediately dropped, Amnesty International said today ahead of the start of his trial tomorrow. Öztürk Türkdoğan, the co-chair of the Human Rights Association (IHD), faces baseless charges of “membership of a terrorist organization”, “insulting a […] The post Turkey: Baseless prosecution of Öztürk Türkdoğan an “attack on all those who speak out for human rights” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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