CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Prisoners of Faith
December 1, 2002
1. Please remember Prisoners of Faith this Eid
2. New Prisoner of Faith packs available to download
Turkey Campaign
PRISONERS OF FAITH CONFERENCE: Asserting an Islamic Agenda
February 17, 2002
The International Prisoners of Faith conference, organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission, attracted a larger than expected crowd in London on 17th February 2002…
URGENT ALERT UPDATE: PRISONERS OF FAITH – TURKEY
January 12, 2002
Mehmet Ali Tecin and defendants in the ‘Umut’ case, sentenced. Nureddin Sirin, moved to high security isolation unit.
ALERT UPDATE: Mehmet Ali TEKIN and Nureddin SIRIN, Prisoners of Faith, Turkey
January 1, 2002
Mehmet Ali Tekin, a journalist, was sentenced to twelve and half years imprisonment for membership of an illegal organisation last month… Nureddin Sirin, another journalist, was sentenced to seventeen and a half years imprisonment in 1997 for helping to
PRISONER OF FAITH: Ill-treatment of Nureddin Sirin, Bandirma Prison, Turkey
June 15, 2001
In recent months he has been held in solitary confinement and his books and other basic facilities have been denied him. Only people with the same last name as him can visit him. This affects not only his friends but even could affect his wife who bears
A Call from Selam Weekly.
August 2, 2000
Selam weekly is an Istanbul based newspaper. Its journalists have been regularly persecuted for their outspoken criticism of the government and their Islamic beliefs.
Freedom is my Daughter’s Name
July 30, 1999
Hijab bans, torture and imprisonment without charge in the late 1990s in Turkey. This article was originally written in 1997, when a soft coup had removed the democratically elected government. Whilst some form of democracy has returned to Turkey, women are still barred from university and public positions if they wear the hijab. Gul Aslan, mentioned in this article, was released in 1999 after an IHRC campaign for her release.Â
PRISONERS OF FAITH CAMPAIGN: Bahrain & Egypt
June 15, 1999
————————————— Islamic Human Rights Commission ————————————— 15th June 1999 PRISONERS OF FAITH CAMPAIGN FREE SHEIKH AL-JAMRI Prisoner of Faith BAHRAIN Please write to the following calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Sheikh Al-Jamri, the leader Bahrain’s Islamic opposition and all political detainees. The
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