Kaos GL [News]

December 23, 2010
IGLHRC
Press Release

Police Harassment of Transgender Activists Must End

Prosecutors must investigate the second arbitrary arrest of transgender rights defenders in Ankara in as many months and drop all charges against the women, three human rights organizations said today. In a letter to the Turkish Interior and Justice Ministries, the rights organizations called for an end to police harassment of transgender people and expressed concern over the possible targeting of members of the organization Pembe Hayat LGBTT Dayanışma Derneği.
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November 4, 2010
The European Parliament's
The Intergroup on LGBT Rights

Ulrike Lunacek MEP, Co-president of the LGBT Intergroup, held a lunch debate with LGBT activists in Istanbul on the occasion of the Greens/EFA conference "Turkey in Europe".
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October 10, 2010

Five Activists Assaulted by Police, then Charged with Resisting Arrest

A Turkish judge dismissed the case against 5 transgender activists from Pembe Hayat LGBT Solidarity group – an Ankara-based transgender rights organization, citing the lack of evidence against the defendants.
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Joint Letter to Turkish Officials on the Upcoming Trial of Pink Life Activists
October 18, 2010
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commision

Dear Minister Ergin and Minister Atalay,

On behalf of five international human rights organizations, we are writing to express our deep concern over the treatment of five Turkish human rights defenders from the transgender human rights organization Pembe Hayat LGBTT Dayanışma Derneği: Yesim (legal name Duru) Tatlıoğlu, Buse (legal name Bülent) Kılıçkaya, Turkan (legal name Deniz) Kücükkoçak, Selay (legal name Derya) Tunç and Eser (legal name Nehir) Ulus.
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