Defending Human Rights in Turkey: Cavidan Soykan
Yazar / Referans:
Netherlands Helsinki Committee
Tarih:
28/08/2019
Cavidan Soykan is an academic who has dedicated much of her career to refugee rights. She is one of the Academics for Peace being judicially targeted for signing the “We will not be party to this crime!” petition, which opposed the military violence perpetrated by the Turkish state in the pre-dominantly Kurdish south-east region. Sustained attention and a proactive strategy by the EU and its Member States is needed to defend Cavidan Soykan and other human rights defenders and journalists in Turkey, from further criminalization and reprisals for their work.
