Eren Keskin - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Apr 24, 1959 Bursa, Turkey 65 years old

Turkish activist

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About Eren Keskin

  • Eren Keskin (born April 24, 1959 in Bursa, Turkey) is a lawyer and human rights activist in Turkey.
  • She is the vice-president of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and a former president of its Istanbul branch.
  • She co-founded the project "Legal Aid For Women Who Were Raped Or Otherwise Sexually Abused by National Security Forces”, to expose abuses happening to women in Turkish prisons.
  • She has been arrested, imprisoned, and the object of numerous lawsuits in relation to her human rights activities. In 1995 she was imprisoned for her activities and was adopted as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
  • In 2002 she was accused by Turkey's State Security of "aiding and abetting" the PKK because of her advocacy for Kurds to use their native language in Turkey.
  • In March 2006 a Turkish court sentenced her to 10 months’ imprisonment for insulting the country's military.
  • The sentence was then converted to a fine of 6000 New Turkish Liras, which Keskin refused to pay.
  • From 2013 to 2016 Keskin was the editor in chief of the newspaper Özgür Gündem has been sentenced to a total of 7 years and 6 months together.
  • In March 2018 she has been sentenced to 5 years and 3 months imprisonment for insulting the president and another 2 years and 3 months for "degrading Turkishness, the Republic, institutions and organs of the state" according to the Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code.

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