Article: Turkey attempts to silence human rights activists.

Article: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Turkey -- Akin ...
M2 Presswire;  June 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... June 1999-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Turkey -- Akin Birdal adopted as ... RDATE:030699 Amnesty International has adopted Akin Birdal, President ... Sane said. Amnesty International fears that Akin Birdal's imprisonment ...

Article: Turkey -- A sea of flowers for Akin Birdal.
M2 Presswire;  September 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... September 2000-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Turkey ... flowers for Akin Birdal (C)1994 ... Penal Code. Amnesty International adopted Akin Birdal as a prisoner ... his life. Amnesty International adopted Akin Birdal as a prisoner ...

Article: Who shot Birdal? Turkey. (assassination of human rights activist ...
The Economist (US);  May 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... relations have rarely loomed large in the way Turkey's armour-plated state copes with the restless Kurds and their allies. Akin Birdal, one of the latter, got nationalist moustaches quivering two years ago, when he helped negotiate the release of some soldiers ...

Article: Turkey -- Amnesty International today welcomed the ...
M2 Presswire;  May 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... organization said. Amnesty International called on the ... expression." Amnesty International said. The organization ... Association, Akin Birdal, who was reimprisoned ... authorities. "Amnesty International on 12 May learnt ...

Article: Amnesty International Praises Release of Turkish ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 28, 1999 ;     503 words ... ... Sept. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today welcomed the Turkish ... Turkish Human Rights Association, Akin Birdal. However, AIUSA questioned the timing ... sincerely hope that the release of Akin Birdal is not a public relations ploy to curry ...

Article: Torture: Amnesty International says that the ...
The Independent - London;  May 23, 1996 ;     385 words ... ... being tortured and "disappearing" in Turkey has been decreasing and that affairs have improved since the early 1980s. But Akin Birdal, head of the Human Rights Association, refused to see light at the end of the tunnel. "There is no sign things are getting ...

Article: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Facts and Figures -- The ...
M2 Presswire;  June 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-17 June 1999-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Facts and Figures -- The work of Amnesty International (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... gives an overview of the work of Amnesty International and the work carried out by the ...