NEWS

Receiving International Hrant Dink Award last year, Saudi human rights defender Samar Badawi was arrested yesterday. Today, she released on bail.

Visa requirement between Turkey and Syria will put into effect again starting from today.

Executed in 1983, Levon Ekmekçiyan's body is delivered to his family after 32 years. İHD (Human Rights Foundation) referred to the violations of rights during Ekmekçiyan's trail process and pointed out that Esenboğa massacre remains concealed.

Diana Nahabedyan was killed by her husband in Armenia 3 years ago and the murder trial is ended. Murder suspect Volodya Muradyan is sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison, because of unjust provocation abatement.

NGOs working on refugees released a press statement about Aşkale Repatriation Center, where the refugees are completely isolated. NGOs made a call to Turkey's Directorate of General of Migration Management for stopping treating the refugees as criminals and providing them the right to access justice.

CHP MP Özcan Purçu visited the family of Ünzile Türkmen (55) who died because of the cold weather in a tent made of nylon and canvas in Ezine province of Çanakkale.

In 2015, there had been violations of rights in media in Turkey. The report prepared by Free Journalists Association of Turkey reveals the violations of rights that took place in 2015.

CHP Vice Chair Sezgin Tanrıkulu, who is in charge of issues concerning human rights, presented a legislative proposal for a change in Turkish citizenship law to the parliament.

Referee Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ won the lawsuit for compensation he filed against Turkish Football Federation (TFF) which ostracized him because of his sexual orientation.

Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ankara opened an investigation against HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş due to his statements on “autonomy”.