Peter Steudtner

Peter Steudtner (born 1971 in Berlin) is a German human rights activist and documentary film maker.

On 5 July 2017 Steudtner, along with nine other human right defenders, was arrested by Turkish security forces and charged with supporting armed terrorist organisations. Before his arrest, he was invited by several human rights organization to give a speech at a conference on Büyükada island.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May raised the question of arrests at a meeting with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the G20 meeting in Hamburg. British Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan expressed his concern about the arrests. He said that the Turkish authorities are urged to "uphold international standards with regard to the rule of law, including the presumption of innocence."