New wind in Turkey? Charges against 10 NGOs dropped.

May 23, 2013

It is too early to jubilate but it is interesting to note that on 17 May 2013, charges were dropped in the case against the human rights organisation Van Women’s Association (VAKAD) and nine other civil society organisations in Turkey. Court proceedings for the closure of the ten groups were brought by the prosecutor on charges of links with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). The hearing of 17 May 2013 was the second in the trial.

Rightly Front Line Defenders remains deeply concerned that the charges were brought in the first place and that anti-terrorism legislation continues to be used against legitimate human rights defenders and their organisations.

http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/22664

This entry was posted on May 23, 2013 at 15:54 and is filed under human rights.

Tags: anti terrorism legislation, charges, civil society organisations, civil society organizations, Frontline Defenders, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Kurdistan Worker's Party, NGOs, Non-governmental organization, Prosecutor, VAKAD, Van

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