Veysel Ok

Veysel Ok

Turkey

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16 September 2019 Veysel Ok given a 5-months suspended sentence
11 May 2018 Journalist’s lawyer Veysel Ok prosecuted
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20 September 2021

An entire profession on trial

Turkey

Press release issued by the legal Fact Finding Mission, taking place in Istanbul from 15 September to 20 September, to monitor and observe current mass trials against lawyers in Turkey. A group of approximately 30 lawyers from Belgium, France, Germany,

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23 August 2021

Who will defend the defenders in Turkey?

Turkey

This piece was originally published on 19 August 2021 on OpenGlobalRights in English; in Turkish; and Spanish. Not long ago, international human rights scholars and experts considered Turkey a promising story of democratic transformation. But both human rights and those

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19 July 2021

Concerns about access to the legal profession and increasing disbarments of lawyers in Turkey

Turkey

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers, AIJA – International Association of Young Lawyers, the Institute for the Rule of Law of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA-IROL), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada,

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18 May 2021

International online conference: “Who will Defend the Defenders in Turkey?”

Turkey

20 May 2021, 14:00-15:30 (CET) Human rights belong to everyone. But those who work to ensure that we can claim our rights are increasingly harassed, threatened, or jailed. In Turkey, the climate is particularly worrying. While the human rights record

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