http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1986 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/014/2008/en Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/childrens-choir-director-still-wanted-for-terrorist-propaganda-20080718 Duygu Ozge Bayar is still wanted by the Turkish authorities after she and members of her choir were accused of spreading propaganda for an outlawed separatist group. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/013/2008/en Amnesty International has recently learned that Iranian Kurdish refugee Ayoub Parniyani was forcibly returned to Iraq on 19 October 2007, along with his wife and son. He claims that the Turkish authorities threatened to send them to Iran instead, and forced him to sign a document in Turkish that he could not Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/turkey-urged-respect-lgbt-right-freedom-of-association A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian,gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. Such a closure violates the right to freedom of association. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/012/2008/en Conscientious objector Mehmet Bal was released from military custody on 24 June 2008, and has returned to his home in Istanbul. However, he is still on trial for his refusal to serve in the army. The next hearing is scheduled for 25 August, at which point he could be sent back to military custody. Amnesty In Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/011/2008/en Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/010/2008/en Conscientious objector Mehmet Bal was transferred to a military prison in the southern city of Adana on 13 June 2008, to stand trial before a military court. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for refusing to serve in the armed forces. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/EUR44/009/2008/en Conscientious objector Mehmet Bal was arrested on 8 June 2008 in Istanbul for evading military service. He was held in military custody in Besiktas, before being transferred to Hasdal Military Prison in Istanbul on 9 June, where he is currently held. In both places of detention he says he was ill-treated. Me Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/gay-rights-face-old-threats-new-europe-20080605 The Gay Pride march in Riga on Saturday may have passedlargely without incident, but elsewhere in Europe, the right oflesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to claim theirrights and celebrate their identity is under threat. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/turkey-respect-rights-and-safety-demonstrators-20080430 On the eve of May Day demonstrations,Amnesty International calls upon the Turkish authorities to respectthe right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to ensurethat  force is used only where strictly necessary  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International