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October 8, 2018

Call for Saudi authorities to disclose evidence over Istanbul disappearance

The whereabouts of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and critic of the Saudi authorities remain unknown since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last Tuesday.
August 16, 2018

Amnesty International Turkey Chair to be released after more than a year behind bars

The Honorary Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, Taner Kilic, has spent more than fourteen months behind bars.
January 1, 2017

WCC condemns New Year terror attack in Istanbul

The World Council of Churches has condemned the latest terrorist attack against people in Istanbul celebrating the New Year.
June 17, 2013

Turkey told to end incommunicado detention of Istanbul protesters

Police in Turkey have been refusing to acknowledge that they have been holding people in custody following mass detentions carried out across Istanbul.
January 21, 2007

Killing of Armenian editor deplored by church leader

The murder on 19 January 2007 of prominent editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Turkey "is a devastating development," said Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, diocesan legate and ecumenical officer, Diocese of the Armenian Orthodox Church of America.

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Jan 14 2021

Call to halt UK police training programmes for repressive states

The College of Policing has provided training for at least 12 countries that are listed as 'human rights priority countries' by the Foreign and...

Jan 13 2021

Royal College of Paediatrics calls for urgent review of children's meal packages

Jan 13 2021

Jersey islanders invited to join citizens' jury on assisted dying

Jan 12 2021

Councils call for Ofsted school inspections not to be resumed

Jan 12 2021

Catholic bishops call on UK to 'forsake its nuclear arsenal'

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