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Türkiye: Freedom of Religion or Belief – Report to the UPR 49th Session

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On 8 October 2024, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), and the Turkish Association of Protestant Churches (Protestan Kiliseler Derneği) submitted a joint report to the Human Rights Council ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Türkiye scheduled for April-May 2025 during the UPR 49th session. Our joint submission reported […]

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States’ Pandemic Response Should be Inclusive of their Religious Minorities

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On 21 June 2021, at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council, during the interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner on the central role of the State in responding to pandemics, the World Evangelical Alliance made an oral statement via video calling on States to hold a dialogue with their religious

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Turkey: Freedom of Religion or Belief – Submission to the Human Rights Committee 132nd session

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The Protestan Kiliseler Derneği (Association of Protestant Churches – Turkey), the World Evangelical Alliance, the European Evangelical Alliance, and Middle East Concern jointly submitted a report to the Human Rights Committee, on 7 May 2021, ahead of the consideration of the List of Issues Prior Reporting for Turkey during the Committee’s 132nd session in June

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Turkey: Call to Review Decisions to Expel and Ban Expatriate Protestant Church Members

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In a statement at the Human Rights Council’s 45th session, at the Agenda Item 6 UPR Adoption of Outcome of Turkey, the World Evangelical Alliance called on Turkey to review its decisions to effectively expel and ban the 60 expatriate Protestant church members, and to allow for a fair and just recourse against national security

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Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey – Joint Report for the Universal Periodic Review 35th Session

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Submitted ahead of the Universal Periodic Review 35th session, jointly with the WEA, WEA member alliance the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey, and the Baptist World Alliance – 15 July 2019 Download Turkey report; Download annexes

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