Despite Turkey’s promise to abide by the Sochi Agreement, its attacks on Ain Issa (Eyn İsa) continue. As Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resist against the offensives, Russia, the guarantor of the agreement, has taken no action in favour of the Syrian regime.Read More
Hunger strikes by political prisoners in Turkey are taking place in protest against the prison isolation conditions of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and the human rights violations that are taking place in Turkey’s prisons. Prisoners began their hunger strike on 27 November 2020 and continue to organise the hunger strikes on a […]Read More
Women set fire to a court house after the charred remains of the body of 14-year-old Florencia Romano was found in Argentina.Read More
Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven was sentenced to 22 years and three months in prison for her statements against the attacks on Afrin and the activities of the DTK. An arrest warrant was also issued for Güven.Read More
The Turkish army is reportedly plundering forests in rural areas of Zakho (Zaxo) in Iraqi Kurdistan while thousands of trees cut due to the road construction are being transported to Turkey. The Turkish state is also reportedly responsible for the destruction of thousands of olive trees in Afrin in Syria as well as the transport […]Read More
Communist Party of Kurdistan (KKP) chair Sinan Çiftyürek commented on the backstage events of Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s visit to Turkey and also the recent developments regarding Sinjar, the Kurdistan Regional Government and North East Syria.Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli deputy and member of the Parliamentary Human Rights Inquiry Commission, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, was targeted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies after he brought up the topic of invasive “strip-searching”, which has been applied in police stations and prisons across Turkey.Read More
Seventy-three percent of women journalists have experienced online violence in the course of their work, the UNESCO Global Survey on Online Violence against Women Journalists has revealed.Read More
Attacks against North East Syria have continued during the night and into the early morning on 20 December.Read More
Political prisoner Yusuf Bor lost his sight during his incarceration in the Van (Wan) T-type prison in Turkey. He had no problem with his eyes before he was arrested and he was not provided with proper treatment when his eyesight deteriorated.Read More
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