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Turkey's HDP reports increased violations in Human Rights Week
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at his palace, in Ankara
TURKEY’S opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a shocking report this week detailing the scale of oppression it has faced, with more than 15,000 members detained since 2015.
The party’s Reports on Violations of Rights for 2019 showed that 1,674 HDP members and officials were detained during operations this year and 200 of them jailed.
The party released its findings to mark international Human Rights Week, with a statement warning: “Turkey is nearing 2020 as a country where human rights are disregarded.”
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