Category: Justice and Rights
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Forced Labor of Uighurs
China’s policy of forcing Uighurs to work as cheap labor has raised concerns about human rights violations and the complicity of carmakers in the use of forced labor in their supply chains. This includes major carmakers such as Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla, General Motors, and BYD. Reports from Human Rights Watch (HRW), Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena…
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Unlawfully imprisoned journalist struggling with health conditions in prison
The image shows Ziya Ataman posing while holding his camera, a woman in the background. Source: Evrensel In 2016, after the attempted coup d’état in Turkiye, the government decrees (KHK) targeted the freedom of the press, and one media news agent including DIHA (Turkish: Dicle Haber Ajansi, DİHA). These news agents are known as its…
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China’s Human Rights Violations in Uyghur and Other Muslim Regions
China has been widely condemned for gross human rights violations in Uyghur and other Muslim regions, particularly in Xinjiang province. These violations have been described as crimes against humanity. Since 2017, the Chinese government has engaged in a systematic assault against Uyghurs and Turkic Muslims that includes mass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearance, mass surveillance,…
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Challenges to Turkey’s Council of Europe Membership: Defending Human Rights and the Rule of Law
As Rights Defenders, we have deep concern regarding recent developments that question Turkey’s continued membership in the Council of Europe. As a member of this esteemed organization for the past 73 years, Turkey has committed to safeguarding fundamental human rights on European soil, as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The recent…