European Rights Advocates Say Council of Europe Has Abandoned Its Core Mission - Turkish Minute

European rights advocates say Council of Europe has abandoned its core mission - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Human rights defenders and lawyers in Turkey and elsewhere are facing mounting pressure and persecution while the Council of Europe (CoE) remains largely silent, according to two prominent European rights advocates. In a strongly worded statement to Turkish Minute, Eleonora Mongelli, vice president of the Italian Federation for Human Rights, and Florian Irminger, president of the Geneva-based Progress & Change Action Lab, accused the CoE of fail…

European rights advocates say Council of Europe has abandoned its core mission - Turkish Minute

Human rights defenders and lawyers in Turkey and elsewhere are facing mounting pressure and persecution while the Council of Europe (CoE) remains largely silent, according to two prominent European rights advocates.