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 ...

The accused include the director of Amnesty Turkey Idil Eser, who was detained in the raid by police on the workshop on the island of Buyukada. All bar two of the activists -- who include two ...

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 ...

Amnesty International on Friday welcomed the acquittal of 45 Saturday Mothers members, ending their seven-year-long legal ordeal. The protesters had faced trial for participating in their 700th ...

After a Turkish court acquitted 87 protestors on Nov 28, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director EU, Balkans and Turkey, Dinushka Disanayake, said “the endemic misuse of the criminal justice ...