Governing AI Counter-Speech: Effectiveness, Power, and Legitimacy in Digital Public Spheres
Download Report PDF This report examines the growing use of artificial intelligence in countering online hate speech, focusing not only on effectiveness but also on broader questions of power, governance, and legitimacy in digital public spaces. It finds that AI-driven counter-speech can be effective under specific conditions, especially when messages align with user values, target […]
Institutionalized Repression: Human Rights in Turkey 2025
Download Report PDF Human rights conditions in Turkey continued to deteriorate in 2025, reflecting the deepening of structural and institutional patterns of repression. Authorities maintained the widespread use of broadly defined anti-terrorism legislation to target perceived opponents, including journalists, civil society actors, and individuals allegedly linked to the Gülen movement, despite binding rulings from the […]
Issue 304
Download PDF 13-19 April 2026 Arbitrary Detention and Arrest Throughout the week, prosecutors ordered the detention of at least 71 people over alleged links to the Gülen movement. In October 2020, a UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) opinion said that widespread or systematic imprisonment of individuals with alleged links to the group may […]
Commentary: THE 26 MARCH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY VOTE ON THE RETURN REGULATION
Issue 303
Download PDF 6-12 April 2026 Arbitrary Detention and Arrest Throughout the week, prosecutors ordered the detention of at least 140 people over alleged links to the Gülen movement. In October 2020, a UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) opinion said that widespread or systematic imprisonment of individuals with alleged links to the group may […]
Issue 302
Download PDF 30 March – 5 April 2026 Arbitrary Detention and Arrest Throughout the week, prosecutors ordered the detention of at least 105 people over alleged links to the Gülen movement. In October 2020, a UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) opinion said that widespread or systematic imprisonment of individuals with alleged links to […]
15 Years of the Istanbul Convention: Renewing Our Commitment to Women’s Rights
On 13th April 2026, Solidarity With OTHERS co-organised a panel discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels to mark the 15th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention. Together with ASSEDEL and in collaboration with MEP Anna Strolenberg, we brought together policymakers, experts, international organisations and civil society to reflect not only on the importance of the […]
Monthly Newsletter | March 2026
In March 2026, migration debates in the EU were marked by a strong securitisation narrative from institutions and policymakers, countered by intensified warnings from NGOs and professional groups about human rights risks, externalisation, and the growing criminalisation of migration. Key Developments in Europe and Beyond Negotiations on Migration Agreements in Central Europe In March, several […]
Pregnancy Behind Bars: Pre-Trial Detentions of Pregnant Women in Turkey
Download Report PDF This report documents how the use of pre-trial detention against pregnant women in Turkey, particularly since 2016, has become a widespread and systematic practice that contradicts both domestic legal safeguards and international human rights standards, which require detention to be a measure of last resort; drawing on legal analysis and numerous documented […]
Arbitrary Prosecutions Based on a Manufactured Narrative: Exam Fraud Allegations and Turkey’s State Recruitment System
Download Report PDF This report argues that Turkey’s exam fraud allegations should be understood not as proof of a single coordinated “infiltration” plot, but as part of a much longer history of structural weaknesses, recurring leaks, weak oversight, and politicized recruitment in the country’s centralized examination system. It shows that exam scandals existed long before […]
