Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan The Committee to Protect Journalism (CPJ), an independent, nonprofit organisation for promoting press freedom worldwide, addressed an open letter on 23 December to Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, asking him to respect the freedom of press.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Mobile cafés and coffee trucks are becoming ubiquitous in Egypt.Read More
A leading force of the Rojava Revolution in Syria, the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) have inspired many people and groups worldwide since they were formed on 4 April 2013. HawarNews interviewed two sisters (who are actually twins) who are in the YPG who explained how they joined and what the YPJ means to them.Read More
The hunger strike launched by political prisoners in Turkey to protest both the isolation imposed on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and the violations of rights inside prisons has reached its 30th day with the participation of a sixth group of prisoners.Read More
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber decided that former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was to be released immediately on 22 December. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ignored the decision and said, “The decision is not our concern”, leading to angry reactions across Turkey.Read More
Turkish fighter jets bombed 34 villagers in the Uludere (Roboski) district of Şırnak (Şirnex) in Turkey on 28 December 2011. Villagers, including children, were carrying fuel, tea and sugar to the other side of the border. Some accused villagers of smuggling to legitimise the murders. Cases filed in military and civil courts were subsequently dropped […]Read More
The fifth hearing of the case regarding the assaults and killings of four members of the Şenyaşar family, carried out by AKP deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız’s guards and relatives during an election campaign in the Suruç (Pirsus) district of Şanlıurfa (Riha) in Turkey on 14 June 2018, was tried in the Malatya Third High Penal […]Read More
by Ateş Alpar – Adana While many businesses slowed down after the coronavirus pandemic spread worldwide, courier jobs have accelerated. The workload of couriers has doubled or even tripled due to the increase in the number of people working from home and online shopping. Even in the time of lock-down, couriers work hard and have […]Read More
With the conflict that restarted in 2015, after the breakdown of peace negotiations, thousands of people were systematically subjected to rights violations on the grounds that they did not support the current government. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair President of Local Governments Salim Kaplan stated that 20 thousand HDP members have been detained in the […]Read More
Halise Aksoy, the mother of Agit İpek, whose body was delivered to the family for burial via a parcel delivery service, was detained, with her guests, after her house was raided.Read More
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