Gene­ral Assem­bly Human Rights Coun­cil 60th ses­sion Item 6  —  Uni­ver­sal Per­io­dic Review Mr. Pre­sident, During the debates last 6 May concer­ning the per­io­dic review of Tür­kiye, seve­ral States cal­led on the coun­try under review to take mea­sures to bet­ter res­pect the mino­ri­ties’ rights, who are sub­ject to dis­cri­mi­na­tion and even per­se­cu­tion by the Tur­kish autho­ri­ties. En savoir plus surUN — Report of the Wor­king Group on the UPR — Tür­kiye[…]

For more than a quar­ter of a cen­tu­ry, the case of Pinar Selek has haun­ted Turkey’s courts and human rights defen­ders around the world. A femi­nist, socio­lo­gist, and outs­po­ken anti-mili­­ta­­rist, Selek has faced repea­ted pro­se­cu­tions and life-threa­­te­­ning charges des­pite the absence of evi­dence, ulti­ma­te­ly for­cing her into exile. Her sto­ry is not an ano­ma­ly. Around En savoir plus surW­hen scho­lars become dic­ta­tors » tar­get (feat. Pas­cale Labo­rier)[…]

On Octo­ber 21, 2025, a large inter­na­tio­nal dele­ga­tion will once again be present at the Tri­bu­nal in Istan­bul to sup­port the Fran­­co-Tur­­kish wri­ter and socio­lo­gist. They hold hope that this new hea­ring in the 5th trial against Pinar Selek will be the last, that the court will at last defi­ni­ti­ve­ly acquit this femi­nist and human En savoir plus surThe acquit­tal of Pinar Selek, a neces­sa­ry step on the path to peace in Tur­key[…]