On the 71st anniversary of the “Declaration of Human Rights,” Human Rights Association (IHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) evaluated Turkey on human rights. The organisations pointed out that Turkey is still governed under a State of Emergency regime and that impunity has become “common law.”
According to the statement, 840 people applied to IHD and TIHV in total in the first 11 months of 2019 due to facing mistreatment. 1274 protests were intervened in 2019, with 3741 detained and 35 arrested. Protest bans were declared for 96 times. 61 events were banned or cancelled.
Investigations were opened against 32 journalists and lawsuits were filed against 19. 61 journalists were sentenced to a total of 196 years and 10 months of imprisonment. At least 1784 people were detained in social media operations, 336 were arrested.
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ihd.org.tr