Türkiye: 53 Pride March participants must be acquitted and those arbitrarily detained must be released

Amnesty International pressures Turkish authorities to release Pride participants facing trial

Amnesty International demanded the release of those arrested at Istanbul’s banned Pride march in July on Thursday, ahead of their scheduled trial on Friday for violating a ban on Pride events issued by the governor of the city. In total, 53 individuals and three activists remain in detention after being arrested during Istanbul Pride, which appears to contradict a 2023 decision from the Committee of Ministers of the European Court of Human Right…

Türkiye: 53 Pride March participants must be acquitted and those arbitrarily detained must be released

Fifty-three people, including three activists who have been arbitrarily detained for more than a month, are due to stand trial in Türkiye tomorrow on charges related to June’s banned Istanbul LGBTI Pride march. Ahead of the start of the trial, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake, said:  “These prosecutions mark an alarming escalation in the criminalization of LGBTI expression and peaceful assembly i…

Amnesty urges Turkey to drop charges against 53 over banned Pride march - Turkish Minute

Amnesty International has called on Turkey to release three activists held for more than a month and drop charges against 53 people prosecuted over June’s banned Istanbul LGBTI Pride march.

Amnesty urges Turkey to drop charges against 53 over banned Pride march - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Amnesty International has called on Turkey to release three activists held for more than a month and drop charges against 53 people prosecuted over June’s banned Istanbul LGBTI Pride march. The trial started on Friday for the 53 defendants, who include six lawyers, three journalists and several activists. Two activists, Hivda Selen and Sinem Çelebi, have been held in pretrial detention since June 30. A third activist, Doğan Nur, cited in Amnesty…

Türkiye: 53 Pride March participants must be acquitted and those arbitrarily detained must be released - Amnesty International Ireland

Fifty-three people, including three activists who have been arbitrarily detained for more than a month, are due to stand trial in Türkiye tomorrow on charges related to June’s banned Istanbul... The post Türkiye: 53 Pride March participants must be acquitted and those arbitrarily detained must be released appeared first on Amnesty International Ireland.