Amnesty International reported Friday that an acquittal of 87 individuals, including protestors, journalists, and lawyers, reveals an endemic misuse of the criminal justice system by the Turkish ...

While the group welcomed recent acquittals after widespread protests in March, it said “it does beg the question as to why ...

At a meeting organised at Sabancı University’s Communication Centre in Karaköy, Amnesty International (AI) has introduced its report on the situation for refugees in Turkey. Entitled “Stranded: ...

Amnesty International Turkey said two of its former leaders were convicted on "terrorist" charges by an Istanbul court on Friday in a case reflecting mounting official pressure on civil society. Idil ...

ISTANBUL — An Istanbul court on Wednesday ordered the release of Amnesty International’s top representative in Turkey, one of the most prominent political prisoners in the country detained under a ...

Amnesty International's chairman in Turkey remained in custody Thursday -- a day after an Istanbul court ordered his conditional release -- after a prosecutor appealed to a different court for his ...

STORY: At the Trend Garden apartment building in Malatya, as elsewhere in southeastern Turkey and in northern Syria, rescuers and families searched for survivors in the days following the powerful ...

Five members of the Georgetown chapter of Amnesty International spent six hours in front of the Turkish embassy last Friday, where Kurdish protestors have been holding a peaceful vigil for 208 ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — The international human rights group Amnesty International says Turkey was among countries with the worst practices for human rights in 2016. In its annual report released Wednesday, ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — A leading human rights group has slammed Turkey for dismissing tens of thousands of public employees after last summer's failed coup, saying the move has had a "catastrophic impact" on ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - A draft European Union plan to send back some migrants to Turkey has legal and moral flaws and could put vulnerable people at risk, the head of Amnesty International said, calling on ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Amnesty International accused Turkey on Wednesday of forcibly returning some thirty Afghan asylum-seekers to Afghanistan despite them fearing Taliban attacks, soon after a migration ...