Türkiye’s Highest Court Upholds Life Sentence Against Osman Kavala and 18-Year Jail Sentences: A Politically-Motivated Blow for Human Rights Introduction In a recent decision, Türkiye’s highest court has upheld a life sentence against prominent activist Osman Kavala and 18-year jail sentences against four others, Çiğdem Mater, Can Atalay, Mine Özerden, […]
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China’s Phone Search Program: An Alarming Threat to Uyghur Rights.
China‘s Xinjiang region has again come under scrutiny as Human Rights Watch warns that police there are relying on a ‘master list’ of 50,000 multimedia files that they deem ‘violent and terrorist’ to flag Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim residents for interrogation. Human Rights Watch’s forensic investigation into the metadata […]