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Iraq: “Immediate action needed to protect human rights of Yazidis in grave danger” – UN experts
GENEVA (12 August 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed their grave concern at the imminent danger of massacre faced by the Yazidi population forced to flee Sinjar in northern Iraq and other minority communities…
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SAS v. France: Ban on covering face in public not a violation of ECHR
In SAS v France [2014] ECHR No. 43835/11 the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR has held by a majority [Nussberger and Jäderblom JJ dissenting] that the French law prohibiting the concealment of one’s face in public places (Law no. 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010)…
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Turkish Court: Headscarved Lawyer’s Rights Violated
The Constitutional Court decided yesterday that the rights of a female lawyer who was banned from entering a courtroom for wearing a headscarf were violated, setting a precedent for lawyers attending court hearings.Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that rights of a female…
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Symposium – “The Manifestation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere”
Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey (Research Turkey)’s organised a Symposium entitled “The Manifestation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere” in association with Faculty of Law at University of Oxford on 14 June 2014. The event consisted of two…
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ECtHR fines Turkey for Jehovah’s Witnesses forced to do military service
Çağlar Buldu, Barış Görmez, Ersin Ölgün and Nevzat Umdu also complained about the treatment they sustained during the proceedings in question. The applicants argued that their criminal convictions entailed a violation of freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Görmez also complained…
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Media hate speech targets Turkey’s Alevis most, report reveals
The Hrant Dink Foundation regularly monitors the media for stories that target religious and ethnic minorities, or other disadvantaged groups such as the disabled or non-heterosexual individuals. The number of headlines and news stories that vilified specific groups on the…
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UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion to study situation in Kazakhstan
He will meet with government members, religious groups and public organizations in Astana, Alma-Ata and Karaganda on March 25 – April 5, the Office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner reported. “I would like to understand better how Kazakhstan manages…
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NHC:İÖG Seminar in Oslo
Mine Yıldırım presented the main findings of a recent report on freedom of religion or belief in Turkey, published by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. You can download the report here. One of the findings in the report is that many aspects…
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Ex-economy minister’s ‘Jews, Zoroastrians or atheists attacked gov’t’ remarks raise concerns
Representatives of Turkey’s Jewish Community have said former Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan’s remarks concerning “Jews, Zoroastrians and atheists” were anti-Semitic in nature and therefore constituted a crime against humanity, in a statement. “We have sadly learnt about Mersin Deputy Zafer…
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Five suspects of Zirve massacre released, Christians anxious
Suspects Emre Günaydın, Abuzer Yıldırım, Cuma Özdemir, Hamit Çeker and Salih Gürler, for whom aggravated life sentences have been demanded, were released by the Malatya First High Criminal Court upon requests by suspects’ lawyers and are on probation from Malatya…
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