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 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 ...

A Turkish court sentenced four Amnesty International activists to between two and six years in prison on terrorism charges in a high-profile trial Friday, which the human rights group described as ...

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 ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Amnesty International said on Tuesday truth and justice had become "total strangers" in Turkey after its local director and five other activists were remanded in custody on ...

Turkey’s unprecedented detention of two top Amnesty International officials July 8, 2017 Supporters take part in the "Justice March" in Istanbul on Friday, the 23rd day of the opposition’s ...

Reporting from ANKARA, Turkey — Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of a group of human rights activists who were detained by police while attending a training workshop on ...

A Turkish court sentenced four Amnesty International activists to between two and six years in prison on terrorism charges in a high-profile trial Friday, which the human rights group described as ...