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7 april 2024

Trial monitoring mission for the trial against the lawyers from Ezilenlerin Hukuk Bürosu

Türkiye

From 2 April 2024 to 7 April 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers representatives visited Turkey on a trial monitoring mission. This is a report about the mission and the hearing in the trial against the lawyers from EHB (Ezilenlerin Hukuk Bürosu;

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16 februari 2024

Trial Observation Mission Report: hearing in the ongoing trial against ÖHD-lawyers

Türkiye

From 7 – 9 February 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers representatives visited Turkey on a trial monitoring mission. This is a report about the mission and the hearing in the trial against the lawyers from the ÖHD. The aim of the

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6 december 2023

Lawyers for Lawyers Monitored Final Hearing in the Trial of Berrak Çağlar – the Court Granted Full Acquittal.

Türkiye

On November 23, 2023, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed the final hearing in the trial of lawyer Berrak Çağlar who was accused of being a member of an armed terrorist organization, following her expression of solidarity with her imprisoned

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30 november 2023

Trial Monitoring Mission: Tahir Elçi Case

Türkiye

On Monday 27 November 2023, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers joined an international delegation in Türkiye to monitor the trial of the suspects in the murder of Tahir Elçi, a prominent human rights lawyer and the former chairman of the

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27 november 2023

International Delegation to Turkey: Fact Finding and Trial Monitoring Mission, 6 – 9 November 2023

Türkiye

From November 6 to 9, 2023, representatives from Lawyers for Lawyers, as part of an international delegation, undertook a fact-finding and trial monitoring mission in Turkey. The delegation, comprising 27 bar associations, human rights organizations, and legal groups from eight

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27 november 2023

Statement regarding the ECtHR’s judgment in the Yalçınkaya-case

Türkiye

On 26 September 2023, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye. The ECtHR ruled that Türkiye had violated the rights to a fair trial,

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24 oktober 2022

Lawyers for Lawyers monitored third hearing in trial of Berrak Çağlar

Türkiye

On 19 October 2022, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed the third hearing in the trial of lawyer Berrak Çağlar who is accused of being a member of an armed terrorist organization, after expressing solidarity with her imprisoned colleague lawyers

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19 oktober 2022

Board of the Diyarbakır Bar acquitted of all charges

Türkiye

On 17 October 2022, several representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed a hearing in the trial of eleven members of the board of the Diyarbakır Bar Association. The board was accused of Publicly Degrading the Turkish Nation, the State of

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25 juni 2022

L4L observes third hearing in case Ankara Bar Association

Türkiye

On 22 June 2022, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed the third hearing in the trial against the Executive Board Members of the Ankara Bar Association (ABA). The Executive Board was charged for insulting a public official after releasing a

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3 juni 2022

L4L monitored hearing in the trial against the lawyers of the ÖHD

Türkiye

On 25 May 2022, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers, together with about 10 lawyers from Grenoble and one lawyer from Paris, observed the hearing in the trial against the lawyers of the ÖHD. Background Twelve lawyersembers of the Association of

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17 maart 2022

L4L observes second hearing in case Ankara Bar Association

Türkiye

On 9 March 2022, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed the second hearing in the trial against the Executive Board Members of the Ankara Bar Association (ABA). The Executive Board Members are charged with publicly insulting a public official, after

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15 februari 2022

L4L observes case against Ankara Bar Association

Türkiye

On 15 December 2021 representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed the first hearing in the trial against the Executive Board Members of the Ankara Bar Association (ABA). The Executive Board Members are charged with publicly insulting a public official, after

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