Date Type Case No Country TUR 1/2013 15/03/2013 Turkey JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; 24/09/2013 Alleged arrest, detention and conviction of human rights defenders. According to the information received, human rights lawyers from two prominent human rights organisations, Insan Haklari Dernegi (IHD) and Çagdas Hukukçular Dernegi (ÇHD) have been arrested and/or convicted under counter-terrorism legislation. It is alleged that on 11 December 2012, IHD members Mr Tugay Bek and Ms Sevil Araci Bek were convicted following their participation in election activities. Four further human rights lawyers, Ms.Filiz Kalayci, Mr Hasan Anlar, Mr Murat Vargün and Mr Halil Ibrahgim Vargün, members of IHD, were reportedly convicted to prison sentences on 24 January 2013 for membership of an illegal organisation, reportedly for their contact with detainees as the organisation was documenting human rights violations. It is further alleged that during a raid carried out on homes and ÇHD offices during the morning of 18 January 2013, confidential documents were seized amid procedural violations on the part of the police Anti-Terror Unit, eventually resulting in the detention of fifteen human rights lawyers, six of whom, Mr Efkan Bolaç, Mr Güray Dag, Ms Oya Aslan, Ms Gulvin Aydin, Mr Serhan Arikanoglu and Mr Zeki Rüzgar, were later released. Nine lawyers , namely Mr Selçuk Kozagaçli, Mr Taylan Tanay, Mr Güçlü Sevimli, Mr Naciye Demir, Ms Nazan Betül Vangölü Kozagaçli, Mr Günay Dag, Ms Ebru Timtik, Ms Barkin Timtik and Ms Sükriye Erden were accused with membership of an illegal organisation while counter-terrorism provisions are hampering the ability of their defence lawyers to adequately access the investigation and evidence against them. A/HRC/25/74 155