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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew commented on the transformation of also Kariye into a mosque after Hagia Sophia. Bartholomew said, "The administrators made these decisions in a hurry as if the mosques in cities are not enough, and as if there is a need for many places of worship for the believers of the majority religion."

'Opening the Mountain' dialogue group condemns the racist graffiti and hate-based vandalism at the Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan (KZV) Armenian School on July 24, 2020.

Today, the city is being conquered again. But from whom? There are no more Orthodox left – although the few remaining are still persecuted and victimized by the state...

The suspect, who sent a death threat e-mail message to the Hrant Dink Foundation lawyer and Rakel Dink, was arrested after he was sent to the courthouse.

Hrant Dink Foundation share a death threat with a public statement.

Rights groups urge Council of Judges and Prosecutors to issue clear guidance to local courts that pre-trial detention should be avoided in line with international law amid Covid-19 crisis

We do not know the true scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and the world. When will it be safe to reopen schools, go back to work and daily life again? What if you already had the infection without symptoms, recovered and now immune? Widespread antibody blood testing can help answer these questions and should be developed and made broadly available, together with the current tests that detect the virus.

The current outbreak by the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV is not the first, and will not be the last microbe that jumped from animals to humans, because we continue to eat animals as food and invade their natural territory. A good way to reduce infectious outbreaks from animals is veganism, stopping wildlife trade, human consumption of animal products, and importantly, recognizing animal sentience. Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009 recognized animal sentience in Europe. We should follow suit because we are less likely to eat animals, colonize wildlife habitats and be exposed to animal pathogens, once we accept animal sentience and agency.

On the 13th anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder, thousands gathered again where he was shot. This year's speech was delivered by Şebnem Korur Fincancı, human rights activist ,and Sertaç Ekinci, son of Yusuf Ekinci who was shot dead in 1994 , which is remain an unresolved crime.

Concerning the prevention of the election of a patriarch by the Armenian community by the State during the period when Patriarch Mutafian was unable to serve, the Constitutional Court (CC) had ruled for "violation of the freedom of religion". Now the Court has announced the reasoned decision which embodies significant elements.