human rights defender
Suna Bilgin
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Urgently end the deprivation of liberty of Suna Bilgin and set her free
Call on the authorities to end all forms of harassment against human rights defenders in Turkey.
Organization affiliation
- Human Rights Association (IHD)
HRD's year of birth
1980
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- NGO member
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Fight against impunity
- Migrants / refugees / internally displaced persons’ rights
- Minorities’ rights
- Women's rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Suna Bilgin is a lawyer and a human rights activist, and a former Secretary of the Human Rights Association in Dersim (Tunceli) province.
Detained since
Nov 2, 2025
Charge(s)
- Terrorism
Sentence
Suna Bilgin was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for “membership of a terrorist organisation” at the hearing held on 17 December 2025.
Latitude: 40.97276191455771
Longitude: 28.867263793945316
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Western Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
İstanbul/Bakırköy
Location of detention - Facility
Bakırköy Kadın Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu
Alternative mailing address
Katip Mustafa Çekebi Mahallesi Çukurlu Çeşme Sokak Bayman Apt. 2/1 Taksim-ISTANBUL
Recent case update / evolution
Suna Bilgin is currently being held at Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison. An appeal has been filed with the higher court against the decision regarding Suna Bilgin, and the outcome of the appeal is pending.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1980
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- NGO member
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Fight against impunity
- Migrants / refugees / internally displaced persons’ rights
- Minorities’ rights
- Women's rights
- Organization affiliation
- Human Rights Association (IHD)
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Suna Bilgin is a lawyer and a human rights activist, and a former Secretary of the Human Rights Association in Dersim (Tunceli) province.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Western Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- İstanbul/Bakırköy
- Location of detention - Facility
- Bakırköy Kadın Kapalı Ceza İnfaz Kurumu
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 40.97276191455771
Longitude: 28.867263793945316
- Geolocation of detention
- Alternative mailing address
Katip Mustafa Çekebi Mahallesi Çukurlu Çeşme Sokak Bayman Apt. 2/1 Taksim-ISTANBUL
- Detained since
- Nov 2, 2025
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Terrorism
- Sentence
Suna Bilgin was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for “membership of a terrorist organisation” at the hearing held on 17 December 2025.
- Recent case update / evolution
Suna Bilgin is currently being held at Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison. An appeal has been filed with the higher court against the decision regarding Suna Bilgin, and the outcome of the appeal is pending.
- Urgent support needed
Urgently end the deprivation of liberty of Suna Bilgin and set her free
Call on the authorities to end all forms of harassment against human rights defenders in Turkey.
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