May 2017 - Platform for Peace and Justice

The Gülenist schools are considered some of the best in Afghanistan. Photograph: Sune Engel Rasmussen for the Guardian

Will Gulen Schools in Afghanistan be given to Erdogan’s foundation in exchange of Dostum’s asylum?

According to The Guardian, Afghan authorities have drafted a deal giving the Turkish government control of more than a dozen schools in Afghanistan affiliated with the exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen. Allegedly, ... Read More...

Coordinated refoulements to Turkey?

The Hellenic League for Human Rights has received allegations concerning the refoulement of Turkish asylum seekers in Evros The unofficial refoulement from Greece to Turkey of persons that are poss... Read More...

PACE investigates internal corruption

The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, meeting yesterday in Prague, appointed the three members of the independent external investigation body to look into allegations of corruption ... Read More...

Asylum: MEPs tighten internal security and improve safety for refugee children

To improve the safety of refugee children and especially that of unaccompanied minors, MEPs want kids from the age of six to be fingerprinted, to make it possible to identify and trace missing children and esta... Read More...

No country gets close to a perfect score in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016

Corruption Perceptions Index highlights that the connection between corruption and inequality, which feed off each other to create a vicious circle between corruption, unequal distribution of power in society, ... Read More...

Child marriage is not only a problem of underdeveloped countries

Nicholas Kristof's article at NYT reveals that child marriage is a serious problem in the US while it denounces it in other countries. Click to read the article.... Read More...

Amnesty Report shows Decree Laws destroyed lives of hundreds of thousands

This report focuses on the dismissal of public servants, among them police officers, teachers, soldiers, doctors, judges, prosecutors and academics, by executive decree issued under the powers of the state of e... Read More...

UN expresses grave concern over Myanmar, Thai deportation of Turkish dissident

The United Nations stated grave concern on Saturday over the deportation by Myanmar and Thailand of Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish teacher working for two schools established by Gülen movement followers in M... Read More...

Questions on the passing away of a dismissed judge in jail

A judge who has been jailed after he was dismissed unlawfully passed away just a couple of days after he was released from the prison for severe health conditions. Continue to read (source: ts_justice.info)... Read More...

OPINION- Reaping the whirlwind

BY RUTH GREEN With Turkey already in turmoil due to the migration crisis, violence in the south-east and rising numbers of Islamist attacks, the 15 July coup attempt could not have come at a worse time. Global... Read More...

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