Five Contributions to UN Global Study: Exposing Turkey’s Misuse of Counter-Terrorism Measures
Solidarity with OTHERS has submitted five separate contributions to the UN Global Study on the Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures, drawing attention to Turkey’s misuse of security frameworks to silence dissent. Our inputs document systematic rights violations, ranging from the closure of 3,942 institutions by emergency decrees to the criminalisation of Belgium-based NGOs, and from widespread […]
Rights Talk with MEP Tineke Strik
In the latest episode of Rights Talk, we spoke to Ms. Tineke Strik, professor of citizenship and migration law at Radboud University in the Netherlands and a Dutch Member of European Parliament known for her outspoken criticism of illegal migrant pushbacks at Europe’s external borders. She is also a member of the Greens/EFA group at […]
UN Working Group Deems the Arrest and Transfer of Turkish Nationals Alettin Duman and Tamer Tibik as Arbitrary Detention
In its ninety-third session, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued Opinion No. 8/2022 concerning the cases of Alettin Duman and Tamer Tibik, Turkish nationals who were abducted in Malaysia and forcibly returned to Turkey in 2016. The Working Group concluded that both individuals were subjected to arbitrary detention in violation of […]
#StopPushbacks Demonstration in Brussels
On Sunday (March 6), we organized an artistic exhibition to raise awareness about migrant pushbacks at Europe’s borders. The exhibition was held at Brussels Central Train Station from 1 pm until 5 pm. Highlights from the event: https://youtu.be/2XGWVoFG_ws
Demonstration in Brussels to demand the release of Ayşe Özdoğan
On Saturday (October 30), Solidarity with OTHERS organized a demonstration at the Luxembourg Square in Brussels, in front of the European Parliament, to urge the Turkish authorities to immediately release Ayşe Özdoğan, an end-stage cancer patient jailed in Turkey for alleged links to the Gülen movement. The demonstration was not only about Ayşe Özdoğan but […]
Documented Misuse of SLTD Database by Turkey Reported to Interpol
Solidarity with OTHERS has revealed fresh evidence proving Turkey’s abuse of Interpol systems to pursue political opponents abroad. An official letter from the Turkish Ministry of Justice to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor, now disclosed, admits that Ankara falsely marked dissidents’ passports as “lost” or “stolen” in Interpol’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database, […]
Rights Talk 6 – Samuel Cogolati
In this interview with Samuel Cogolati, member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, we have tackled the following questions: 1- When the Belgian state faces an extradition request, what kind of legal provisions would you take into account?2- Can we say that certain countries that we can describe as being governed by authoritarian regimes […]
Rights Talk 5 – Dr. Hannah Neumann
#RightsTalk – Episode 5 with Hannah Neumann, MEP and Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (1) In the report of your trip to Northeast Syria at the end of 2020, you mention human rights violations in territories controlled by Turkish troops since their incursion in 2019. Could you explain to us more specifically the […]
Webinar on digital gender violence and hate speech
On March 25, Solidarity with OTHERS organized an online panel discussion on online violence against women and girls, as a parallel event on the occasion of the 65th forum of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Moderated by Dr. Merve Reyhan Kayıkçı from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the event included presentations by […]
Demonstration at the European Parliament to commemorate Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu
On October 31, Solidarity with OTHERS organized a demonstration in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to commemorate Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, Turkish ex-police officer and political prisoner who lost his life behind bars in northeastern Turkey in late August. The event featured a white plastic chair, which represented the one on which Kabakçıoğlu’s lifeless body […]