23/06/2021 | 12:44:43 Having been the first signatory to the Convention to play a pioneering role in preventing violence against women, Turkey has now unlawfully decided to withdraw from the Convention by means of a decree issued at night by President Erdogan. Here I must say that women in Turkey are in favour of retaining the Istanbul Convention and are protesting against the decision. In the last six months of the year alone, 177 femicides have been committed in Turkey. This number is more than double what it... 25/06/2019 | 15:57:39 Thank you, Madam Chairman, First of all, I would like to congratulate Ms Zita GURMAI for producing this extremely important report. I would also like to say that our group considers this report important and supports it. Because we all know that we are facing great difficulties and challenges. But together we can master this challenge. Unfortunately, the problems of domestic violence and violence against women have never ceased to exist. On the contrary, the extent of these problems seems to... 08/04/2019 | 16:20:39 The Council of Europe, and in particular the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, has repeatedly referred to the circumstances that prevail on the prison island of İmralı. The detainees there have not seen a lawyer since 2011, and since 2015 they have had no contact with the outside world. The MP Leyla Güven has now been on a hunger strike for 152 days. Her only demand is for the authorities to put an end to the isolation of... 25/01/2019 | 11:54:09 On behalf of my group, I thank the rapporteur and underline that we support this very important report. The CPT performs excellent work with a view to improving conditions of detention in our member States and in preventing torture or degrading treatment. However, the report flags up that the CPT must still do much more. The role of the Parliamentary Assembly is important in supporting the CPT’s work and this concerns our parliaments as well. The CPT must ensure that there is proper... 24/01/2019 | 16:11:44 If all of us in this Chamber had the same view, we would have no parliamentary work to do. Every member of parliament is free not to think just as all other colleagues think; we do not have to think in line with one political orientation, for example, that of the AK Party. Different opposition politicians, journalists, officials, women, youths and trade unionists have been repressed. Members of political parties have been persecuted, arrested and tried. The HDP is the third largest party in...