TURKEY: Joint report of the OIAD and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders on the judicial observation mission on the trial of Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkin

Date of the report: August 2024

In a joint report, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders—a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)—and the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) present findings from the judicial observation of the first hearing in the trial of Eren Keskin and Güllistan Yarkın, from the Human Rights Association (IHD). Both were accused of “publicly denigrating the Turkish Nation” following their statements at the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day on April 24, 2021 and acquitted on May 2, 2024. The prosecutor has appealed against their acquittal and the appellate review is ongoing.

 

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Read the joint press release on the mission on our website.