The International Observatory of Human Rights teamed up with the Press Emblem Campaign to host a discussion to coincide with the UN’s Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Turkey and to highlight the unprecedented threat to human rights in Turkey. The discussion was convened at the Palais des Nations, United Nations in Geneva … Read more →
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The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) organises a protest and International Conference on the Unprecedented Threat to Human Rights in Turkey
IOHR held a protest of solidarity outside the UN headquarters on the 1st November to highlight the plight of press freedom in Turkey. IOHR also held an international conference on the 2nd of November bringing together outspoken members of the British, Swiss, and Dutch parliaments who have been working on the Turkish crisis along with family member … Read more →
Tima Kurdi: From the boy on the beach to safe harbour
On the 15 August 2018 in the David Lloyd George Room at the National Liberal Club, Westminster, the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) brought Tima Kurdi – aunt of drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi – to London to deliver an address in support of community sponsorship schemes to bring Syrian refugees to safe harbour in Europe. … Read more →
IOHR Organises Event in Sweden with Turkish Journalists in Exile on World Press Freedom Day
As the world celebrated the 25th year of World Press Freedom Day, the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR), alongside the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), held an event in Stockholm in Sweden. The aim was to echo the voices of Turkish journalists living in exile and advocate for the release of unjustly jailed journalists and media professionals in Turkey – considered one of the biggest jailers of journalists worldwide. Among the … Read more →