Action

Jun252021

31. ACTION

This week, the Unconditional Justice Movement discussed the worsening prison conditions and recent increases in human rights violations. Prisoners held under the state’s protection are often forced to live and even die in deplorable conditions, with even their most basic necessities being neglected. According to figures from the European Council, 1 percent of Turkey’s population…

Jun112021

29. ACTION

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, we focused this week on the Independence of the Judiciary and the Expulsion and Arrest of Judges-Prosecutors. One of the cornerstones of the management system is the Separation of Powers. In other words, Separation of Powers refers to the organization of the powers that use the political power of the…

Jun42021

28. ACTION

The theme we focused on this week as the Unconditional Justice Movement was unsolved murders, which have become an unavoidable reality in Turkey for years. The term “unsolved murder” refers to a circumstance in which the perpetrator of a homicide is unknown. Because these assassinations are carried out for political reasons, they should be referred…

May282021

27. ACTION

This week, Unconditional Justice Movement focused on torture, which has turned into a reality of fear, with the support and partnership of the government. Torture is an act that causes severe physical or mental pain or suffering, perpetrated by a public official for any reason, indiscriminately, to punish a person, to obtain information or confession.…

May212021

26. Action

This week, as the Unconditional Justice Movement, we talked about lengthy detentions and the consequent lives that were rotten in prison. “Everyone should at least tell one of their relatives about the injustice inflicted on me. There is a consistent evil.” Born in 1973, Çomak was detained by the police in 1994 when he was…

May142021

25. Action

This week, as the Unconditional Justice Movement, we focused on minority problems and the violations of rights against Armenians that have been going on for years. The term “police violence” is sometimes used to describe various human rights violations committed by the police. It covers the random application of violent methods used for battering, unlawful…

May72021

24. Action

This week, as the Unconditional Justice Movement, we focused on minority problems and the violations of rights against Armenians that have been going on for years. Turkey has a wide ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity due to its structure. Not only Turks, Kurds, but also many Circassians and Armenians live on the territory of Turkey.…

May12021

23. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, this week we talked about International Workers’ and Labour Day and violations of right. On 1th May 1886 the workers, who work six days a week and the twelve hour a day, striked for the eight-hour workday with Amerikan Federation of Labor. A half million workers taked part in this…

Apr232021

22. ACTION

The subject we discussed this week as the Unconditional Justice Movement was the hundreds of thousands of refugees who were forcibly relocated due to violence, war, and rights abuses, as well as the rights violations they endured as a result. While the number of persons forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, and persecution…

Apr162021

21. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, the subject we focused on this week was freedom of expression and related rights violations. The imprisonment of thoughts, the trial and punishment of individuals for expressing their opinions, which is one of their most basic freedoms, is not unique to today in Turkey. From past to present, individuals…

Apr92021

20. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, the subject we focused on this week was the sick prisoners and violations in prisons in Turkey. Prisons in Turkey are places where the right to life is violated for prisoners, especially sick prisoners, due to overcrowding of prisons, late release to the infirmary, not providing diet meals to patients,…

Apr52021

19. Action

Today is April 5th Lawyers’ Day. We, young lawyers from the Unconditional Justice Movement, welcome a day of lawyers in an environment of unlawfulness, human rights violations and attacks on lawyers.. In this day when we should celebrate, we have been experiencing the same bitterness in recent years. In an atmosphere where the most basic…

Mar262021

18. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, this week we focused on the Istanbul Convention and its necessity, which Turkey withdrew with the Presidential decree. Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,also known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights convention that was opened for signature in Istanbul…

Mar192021

17. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, this week we focused on Crimes Against Humanity and the Global Magnitsky Law. Sergei Magnitsky was a tax auditor advising London-based Hermitage Capital Management, one of Russia’s largest foreign investment companies and he exposed $ 230 million tax fraud. He revealed that millions of dollars of tax payments were transferred…

Mar122021

16. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, this week we worked on Secret Witness which is used as evidence in bad faith proceedings contrary to Turkish law. Secret witness evidence began to be implemented in Turkey in 2005. Its implementation is governed by strict conditions. In order to use this evidence, (1) criminal activity must be…

Mar82021

15. Action

As Movement for Unconditional Justice this week on March 8, International Women’s Day, have expressed the human rights violations against women and statistics about women in Turkey. Although March 8, International Women’s Day is a day devoted to the celebration of women’s economic, political and social achievements on the basis of human rights, every year…

Feb262021

14. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, we assume the advocacy of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender, whose voice he voiced this week and whose struggle we take as an example for thousands of people who defend their rights! The struggle for human rights has been continuing since the history of civilization and the voices…

Feb122021

12. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, we continue the weekly issues we focus on. This week we brought up Turkey’s sad fact about “Enforced Disappearance Cases”. Enforced disappearance of persons was used as a systematic state violence after the September 12 coup and the state of emergency in the 90s of Turkey.This sad practice, which was…

Feb52021

11. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, we paused our watch in front of the ECtHR every week until the next official announcement within the framework of the new measures France has taken against the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we continue with the issues we focus on weekly. The subject of this week was discrimination and rights…

10. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, we stood our tenth watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights on Friday, January 29. This watch lasted two hours with the participation of three people. Hundreds of children, in the age group of 0-6 years, are in the prison with their mothers. According to the most…

Jan242021

9. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, we stood our ninth watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights on Sunday, January 24. This watch, which we held on the Day of Lawyers in Danger, lasted four hours with the participation of many people. Laywers, the institution of defense, one of the most important components of…

Jan152021

8. Action

As the Unconditional Justice Movement, we stood our eight watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights on Friday, January 15th. Our watch lasted two hours with the participation of three people. During our watch this week, the subject we focused on was Turkey‘s Alevis, whose ” right to freedom of religion and conscience”…

Jan82021

7. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, we stood our 7th watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Friday, January 8th. The watch, in which 4 people attended due to the pandemic, lasted 2 hours. The subject of this week was journalists who arrested for political reasons and the pressure on…

Jan12021

6. Action

We stood our sixth watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Friday, January 1st. Due to the ongoing of epidemic, our watch lasted 3 hours with 4 attendances. During the watch; On our watch this week, we gathered for the implementation of the decision regarding the former co-chair of HDP…

Dec252020

5. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, we stood our 5th watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Friday, December 25th. The watch, in which 4 people attended due to the pandemic, lasted 2 hours. The subject of this week was the strip search which is also in Turkey’s agenda at the moment…

Dec182020

4. Action

As the Movement For Unconditional Justice, we carried out our fourth watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Friday, December 18th. Due to the ongoing of the epidemic, our watch lasted 2 hours with 5 attendances. The subject of the week was the curfews and aggrievements experienced in the Southeast…

Dec102020

3. Action

As we do every week, we stood our thirth watch in front of European Court of Human Rights on December 10th “ Human Rights Day”. Due to ongoing of the epidemic, our watch lasted 2 hours with 5 people. During the watch; Because of the Human Rights Day, as citizens of the Republic of Turkey,…

Dec42020

2. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, we held our second watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Friday, December 4th. Our watch, which allowed 4 people to attend due to the coronavirus pandemic, lasted 3 hours. During the watch; We informed the visitors who came to our stand by distributing…

Nov272020

1. Action

As the Movement for Unconditional Justice, we held our first watch in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Friday, November 27th. Our Watch, which allowed 10 people to attend due to the corona virus epidemic, lasted 3 hours. During the watch; In line with the request for “unconditional justice”, we made a press release…