Turk Barred From Azerbaijan Because Of ‘Armenian’ Name
azatutyun.am RFE/RL A Turkish arm-wrestler has reportedly been barred from entering Azerbaijan and participating in a major competition there because of his last name [more >>>]
Month: May 2014
Turkey: rapporteur calls for greater social and political stability, welcomes Constitutional Court decision on Youtube ban lift
According to Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), rapporteur for post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, with three months to go before the presidential elections, the situation in Turkey [more >>>]
Foreign Office calls for Azerbaijan to respect role of civil society following latest prosecution
Foreign & Commonwealth Office The sentencing of three civil society activists in Baku on 26 May is the latest in a worrying trend of pressure [more >>>]
Sentencing of Mammadli ‘an affront to OSCE values’ in Azerbaijan, OSCE PA Human Rights Chair says
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly COPENHAGEN, 28 May 2014 – Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights [more >>>]
Euro court finds Turkey guilty in freedom of thought case
Hurriyet Daily News (STRASBOURG, France) The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Turkey guilty of violating the right to the freedom of expression, [more >>>]
Committee condemns the use of a European Convention by Azerbaijan in the Safarov case
PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights’s condemned the use of Article 12 of the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons by [more >>>]
“There is a lack of democratic culture in Turkey”
By CEYDA NURTSCH qantara.de Interview with Elif Shafak The Turkish writer Elif Shafak is one of the country’s best-selling authors and one of the best [more >>>]
Why Arabs are confused on Turkey’s ethnic minorities
By SINEM CENGIZ alarabiya.net At a time when Ankara and the Gulf countries are at odds due to Egypt, a significant workshop on “The Future [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: the country heading the ’47’ should ‘lead by example’ on human rights
“By chairing the Committee of Ministers, member states should translate their commitment to values into action and champion the cause of human rights and democracy. [more >>>]
Turkey Becomes a Rogue State By Rejecting European Court’s Verdict
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) issued on May 12 its largest judgment ever against any country, ruling that Turkey [more >>>]