News compilation after arrest of 6 rights defenders

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Free Rights Defenders / Hak Savunucularina Dokunma

1 min readJul 18, 2017

Below is a list of news dated July 18th from international news outlets and NGOs about the court decision for the arrest of 6 rights defenders pending trial.

Turkish court jails 6 human rights activists pending trial

A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed Amnesty International's Turkey director and five other human rights activists pending…

www.washingtonpost.com

Turkey: Ten human rights defenders indicted on terrorism charges

New information TUR 005 / 0717 / OBS 078.2 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Release on bail / Restriction to…

www.fidh.org

Turkish prosecutor asks court to jail Amnesty director pending trial

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's state prosecutor on Monday asked a court to remand the local Amnesty International…

www.reuters.com

Jailing of activists, including Amnesty director, a crushing blow for rights in Turkey

The remanding of six human rights defenders in pre-trial custody is an appalling affront to justice and a new low in…

www.amnesty.org

6 Rights Defenders Arrested, 4 Released on Probation

Özlem Dalkıran, İdil Eser, Günal Kurşun, Veli Acu, Ali Garawi and Peter Steudtner who were among the 10 rights…

bianet.org