Turkish Court Postpones Case against Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Two Others

A Turkish court today postponed criminal proceedings against Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, president of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and a longtime partner and colleague of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). Earlier this year, Dr. Fincancı and her co-defendants, Erol Önderoğlu and Ahmet Nesin, were accused of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” fo r taking part in a solidarity campaign with a newspaper critical of Turkey’s government. Her case will resume January 11, 2017.
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