The Head of the Turkish Medical Association, Prof Şebnem Korur Fincancı has been held in pre-trial detention since 27 October 2022 on charges of ‘making propaganda for a terrorist organization’. She was detained and remanded in prison after she called for an independent investigation into allegations that Turkish armed forces might have used chemical weapons in Kurdistan Region of Iraq in televised comments. Prof Fincancı must be released immediately and unconditionally and must not be prosecuted for her human rights work.
