Turkey: 3 Kurdish Mayors Removed from Office
Violates Voters’ Rights; Suspends Local Democracy in Major Southeast Cities
![The elected mayors from the main southeastern municipalities removed by Turkey’s interior ministry on August 19, 2019; from left to right: Mardin mayor Ahmet Türk; Diyarbakır mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı; Van mayor Bedia Özgökçe Ertan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908crd_turkey_ministry.jpg?itok=E39rvvdn)
Violates Voters’ Rights; Suspends Local Democracy in Major Southeast Cities
Detained, Faced 10-Day Ordeal, But Not Charged
Drop Politically Motivated Case, Release Nuth Pich
Lift Restrictions, Order Security Forces to Use Restraint
Force-feeding Process Is Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment
New Law Needed to Retain Meaningful Human Control Over the Use of Force
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied for Women Athletes
End Coercive Aged Care Practices; Ensure Supportive Intervention
FIFA Should Enforce Nondiscrimination Rules, Secure Women’s Release
Activists, Journalists Questioning Phatthalung Quarry Project Threatened
Month Later, Journalist and Opposition Member Still Missing
Officers Should Be Held to Account for Excessive Use of Force
Kivu Security Tracker Report Tabulates Violence in East
2004 Attack on Congolese Civilians Killed More Than 150