Trial against police officers for severe injury of a demonstrator, starting 16 September 2026, Barcelona
International Trial Observation on 16, 17 and 30 September and 1 October 2026 in Barcelona. Policia Nacional officers are charged with aggravated bodily harm by shooting a rubber bullet on a demonstrator involving the loss of an organ and with torture
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. This is not Sezin’s first prosecution. In October 2017, she and her colleague Özlem Gümüştaş were arrested and detained for almost a year. That case,…
ÇHD case, Next hearing on 7 October 2026, İstanbul
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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 and former President of the Istanbul Branch of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), stated that he was subjected to police torture, ill-treatment and unlawful arrest…
Lawyer Murat Çelik case
Lawyer Murat Çelik, a former member of the Istanbul Bar Association Executive Board and one of the former presidents of ÇHD, was subjected to torture and detained with reverse handcuffing at Galatasaray Square on 8 July 2023, when he went there to attend the weekly gathering of the Saturday Mothers/People. A criminal case was subsequently initiated…