Lawyers, the last bulwark of judicial independence in Turkey, are under grave threat
8 July 2020

Lawyers, the last bulwark of judicial independence in Turkey, are under grave threat
“In Turkey, being accused of belonging to a terrorist organisation is a common accusation made against those working to defend human rights or on other political matters. The government doesn’t want us to defend such cases, it’s their way of preventing us from doing our work.”Read the full article
By Claire Corrion
Keywords
Human rights
, Democracy, Detention, Criminal justice, Protests, Transparency and corruption