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Turkey endangers women’s rights as it withdraws from the Istanbul Convention

Turkey’s decision to pull out from the Istanbul Convention shocked many, however, despite a long fomentation by the government and their allies, Turkey withdrew from the women’s protection treaty. The move came without warning on…

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Life Of Refugees

How UN-led ‘Aspire to Innovate’ Has Made Life Of Refugees Easy

The United Nations’ has now found an innovative way to help the refugees post the aftermath of the Covid-19. Making use of the online commerce thriving opportunity, refugees and migrants around the world can now…

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Senate Letter

Letter to President: Senators urge Biden over Turkey’s human rights crisis in the bipartisan letter

On Tuesday a bipartisan majority of 54 United States Senators out of 100 signed a letter to Joe Biden, the 46th President of USA, over the ongoing human rights crisis in Turkey.  The bipartisan majority…

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NGOs accuse EU’s Frontex agency of pushing back migrants from Greek waters

Last week the Guardian report revealed that the Frontex vessels were involved in illegal maritime pushback exercises to forcibly push back migrants and refugees from entering the EU via Greek waters.  The Greek Coast Guard (HCG) has…

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“Voting is fundamental to the strength of a democratic nation,” US Ambassador in Turkey says

On or before November 3, millions of U.S. citizens will vote, in person, by post and by e-mail, in the United States Presidential election. Over 20 million ballots already have been cast as for September…

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In Turkey the Green Party is reborn to protect nature and human rights

In Turkey, 110 activists led by the journalist Dogan Urbarli have reconstituted the Yesiller Partisi, the Turkish “Green Party”. Nature in Turkey is under attack. The country signed the Paris Agreement on climate change, but…

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In a human rights catastrophe Greece moves to pushback refugees

An investigation conducted by The Guardian, which included interviews with five victims of pushbacks, 10 NGOs which are working across the Aegean Sea, including Human Rights Watch, Aegean Boat Report and Josoor, and a series…

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Stories of brave people fighting for human rights, imprisoned without water or food by today’s bloody regimes

Turkish lawyer Ebru Timtik, 42, died Thursday after a hunger strike conducted in captivity for 238 days, after losing 30 kilos. Timtik was arrested in 2018 by the Erdogan regime and sentenced to 13 years…

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Why Greece Is Merciless Is Expelling Migrants?

Greece is not supporting of migrant movement and tales of abuse and atrocities continue to mount unabated.  There are confirmed reports that the Greek Coast Guard has been accused of abandoning asylum seekers close to…

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women’s safety

Turkey decides on crucial accord of women’s safety

In the backdrop of increased scrutiny on violence against women in the country, the ruling party in Turkey is set to decide whether it will stay in the Istanbul Convention. Over the past few days,…

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