To the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Turkey,

We the undersigned:

Protest the trial and sentencing to 10 months imprisonment of human rights activist Eren Keskin of the Legal Aid Office for the Victims of Sexual Harassment and Rape in Custody for the stated crime of “insulting the moral character of the military” as a result of information she disclosed to the public.

We request:

• The lifting of all restriction on free speech and legal barriers to its exercise,
• The opening of all work aimed at exposing violence against women,
• The examination of the results of the project founded and run by Eren Keskin and the punishment of perpetrators of sexual harassment and rape in custody as well as full redress for all grievances of women having suffered this treatment.
• We also call on members of the Court of Appeal to take a stance on the side of democracy and freedom of speech and overturn the sentence imposed on Eren Keskin.