Case No Country TUR 4/2011 18/10/2011 Turkey JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Arbitrary detention; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Terrorism; Alleged raids on offices and homes. According to the information received, on 27 September 2011, law enforcement agents raided the offices of of the Human Rights Association (IHD), the Education and Science Workers Trade Union (Egitim-Sen) and the Health and Social Service Workers Trade Union (SES) and the homes of the executives and chairpersons of these organisations. It is alleged that a total of 31 members of these organisations were arrested and detained in Urfa. Details of the charges brought against those arrested are unclear on the basis of confidentiality under anti-terrorism legislation. It is alleged that the raids may be linked to actions against a Kurdish umbrella organisation that includes the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as well as to a recent civil –disobedience initiative launched by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) to achieve a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue. Reply A/HRC/19/44 96 Date Type