ÇHD case, Next hearing on 7 October 2026, İstanbul
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Sezin Uçar case. First hearing 24 September 2026 in Istanbul
Our colleague Sezin Uçar has been in pre-trial detention since 14 April 2026. Her first hearing will finally take place on 24 September 2026 at 14:00 before the Istanbul 26th High Criminal Court. …
Murat Çelik case. Next hearing on 9 November 2026, Istanbul.
Details will follow.
ELDH Statement: Welcoming the New Turkish Legislation as a First Step Towards Peace
Download the statement We welcome the approval of the new legislation on disarmament and reintegration as an important and long-awaited first step towards addressing the Kurdish question and consolidating the …
Urgent International Joint Call for the Immediate Release of Lawyers Semra Demir, Kürşat Bafra and Doğa İncesu
We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the simultaneous pre-dawn police raids conducted in Ankara and Istanbul on the morning of June 23, 2026, which resulted in numerous …
ELDH mourns the passing of the lawyer Aurora D’Agostino
ELDH mourns the passing of the lawyer Aurora D’Agostino, co-President of the National Association of Democratic Jurists (Associazione Nazionale Giuristi Democratici, Italy) and member of the ELDH Executive Committee. For …
CJEU Judgment on the Spanish Amnesty Law
ELDH Welcomes the CJEU Judgment on the Spanish Amnesty Law and Calls for the Definitive Closure of the Judicialisation of the Catalan Political Conflict The European Association of Lawyers for …
Statement on the Critical Situation of Sahrawi Human Rights Defender Naama Asfari
Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its profound concern over reports regarding the critical health condition of Sahrawi human rights …
Case concerning allegations of police torture, ill-treatment and unlawful arrest against lawyer Murat Çelik – report
Hearing of 26 June 2026, Istanbul Observed by Louis Lemkow, ELDH Barcelona Download the report Lawyer Murat Çelik, a former member of the Executive Board of the Istanbul Bar Association …
ELDH Report : WESTERN SAHARA, 50 YEARS UNDER OCCUPATION
Human Rights Violations, Settler-Colonial Transformation, and the Absence of International Monitoring in Western Sahara.