She lived as a transvestite and sex worker in Istanbul for over 10 years, and faced police abuse many times: in Turkey, she told Human Rights Watch, “people pretend that transvestites don’t ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is rolling back on human rights and the rule of law, a human rights group said Monday, calling on the country to take steps to protect free speech, the right to ...

He was a passionate and eloquent defender of human rights around the globe. It was an honor to work for him, and it is an honor for me to speak at this body that so appropriately bears his name.