ON IDIL’S BIRTHDAY, MAKE SURE THE ISTANBUL 10 ARE RELEASED NOW!

Dear friends, For the past 100 days, ten peaceful activists have been persecuted in Istanbul. Idil Eser, the Director of Amnesty Turkey, is one of what’s known as the Istanbul 10, human rights defenders being held in a high security prison with little to no contact with loved ones. On Idil’s birthday, ask the Turkish government to release the Istanbul 10 now. Idil Eser was just attending a routine workshop for human rights activists with her colleagues when the raid and arrests happened. And for the past year, the world has witnessed a shocking crackdown on human rights in Turkey. Today is Idil’s 54th birthday, and she has had little to no contact with her loved ones while in prison, so we need to show her our global support on this very special day. Take action now and ask for Idil and the Istanbul 10 to be released immediately. These detentions are the latest in a series of efforts to silence any dissent by the Turkish government. Idil and the Istanbul 10 have dedicated their lives to defending the rights of others. Every day that they are detained, the people they speak up for are left more vulnerable to the government’s ongoing crackdown on freedoms. Idil and the Istanbul 10 need your help now: demand that the Turkish government stops persecuting these human rights defenders. Thank you for taking action, Margaret Huang Executive Director, Amnesty International USA