The Plight of Turkey’s Syrian Refugees
Syrian refugee center on the Turkish border There are now some 300,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey, 190,000 of whom are in Turkish refugee camps. In a recent briefing, Amnesty International recognizes...
View ArticleAmnesty Condemns Reyhanli Car Bombings
In a statement this week, Amnesty International condemned the 11 May bomb attacks in the Turkish border town of Reyhanlı. According to Amnesty Researcher Andrew Gardner, the attacks, which have left...
View ArticleAmnesty on Turkey’s Worsening Human Rights Record: 11 Key Issues
At midnight tonight, Amnesty International issued its Annual Report, The State of the World’s Human Rights. There is grim reading throughout. This was a tough year for human rights worldwide. Below...
View ArticleAmnesty: Turkey blocks refugees as thousands flee Aleppo
Amnesty International researchers on the ground at the Öncüpınar/Bab al-Salam border crossing report grim conditions for the thousands of refugees hoping to flee violence in Syria. Amnesty has called...
View ArticleAmnesty Urgent Action: Arbitrary and Illegal Detention of Syrian Refugee
Amnesty International today issued an Urgent Action in the case of Syrian refugee, M.K., who has been arbitrarily detained under inhumane conditions at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport since 9 November...
View ArticleAmnesty issues Urgent Action for Syrian Refugee held at Ataturk Airport
has been arbitrarily detained in inhumane conditions at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport since 15 March 2015. He is at continued risk of being returned to Syria. For one year now, Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour...
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