Amnesty International says that Turkish authorities have detained its country director for Turkey, Idil Eser, amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent. The U.K.-based rights group says Eser was taken ...

Turkey Detains Chair Of Amnesty International Turkey : The Two-Way Taner Kiliç's detention is part of a crackdown following last July's failed coup attempt. Thousands have been arrested since then.

The Trump administration criticized the Turkish government Wednesday after police in that country detained a prominent human rights lawyer as part of a crackdown on people suspected of links to a ...

An estimated 1.6 million Syrian refugees have entered Turkey since the Syrian war began in March 2011. About 220,000 are living in 22 government-run camps that offer food and essential services ...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of Amnesty International’s then-branch chairman when it imprisoned him for more than 14 months. Turkey had ...

ANKARA, Turkey --Amnesty International's chairman in Turkey has been detained as part of a crackdown on people suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has been accused by ...

The kingdom executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025, including nationals from Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, ...

Turkey’s interference with its judiciary deepened in 2024 with binding rulings of the local constitutional court and judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ignored, Amnesty ...

Amnesty International's Turkey branch, which fights for human rights worldwide and works to end violations, has laid off one-third of its employees. In the branch, which has 24 employees,eight people ...

Amnesty International says that shortly after sunrise on Tuesday, security forces turned up at the home of its Turkey country chairman, brought him to his office, then took him into custody. The ...