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60 years on, the children who died in Şehrezad Cinema

Medya News 13 November 2020

Translated from Gazete Karınca In 1960, 280 children were burned to death in controversial circumstances in a fire in Şehrezad Cinema in Amude, Syria. The children have not been forgotten. Those who survived by chance in the cinema recall the events of that fateful day.Read More

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Man arrested in Turkey for criticizing the government in street

Medya News 13 November 2020

İsmail Demirbaş (49) criticized the government in a street interview in the southern province of Antalya in Turkey in October. He stated that Turkey needed early elections as soon as possible to “get rid of the bloodsucking vampires”. This interview took place in a YouTube channel where street interviews are aired.Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS KURDISH POLITICS

Verbal threat to ‘burn’ journalists by police in Turkey

Medya News 11 November 2020

Police in Turkey on 6 November intercepted Mesopotamia Agency reporter Emrullah Acar and asked him to become an informer, threatening him in the process. Four days later, Yeni Yaşam Newspaper employee Hamdullah Bayram was similarly approached and threatened. The police threatened to burn Bayram and his workplace. According to Mesopotamia Agency, on 6 November, Emrullah […]Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS KURDISTAN VIDEOS

Residents of Qandil stage protest against the KDP

Medya News 11 November 2020

Residents of Qandil in Iraqi Kurdistan protested against the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) political stance regarding its relationship with the Turkish government. They urged the KDP to halt its “partnership with Turkey” and called for national unity amongst Kurds.Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS MIDDLE EAST

Family of 15 given a single tent after apartment damaged

Medya News 10 November 2020

A Syrian family of 15 whose home was damaged in the İzmir earthquake have been given a single tent to live in, leaving eight to sleep outside in the local park.Read More

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The wife of seriously ill prisoner Demir: ”They have left

Medya News 10 November 2020

Abdurrahim Demir, who has been in prison in Turkey for 23 years, is at risk of death due to his worsening health condition. His wife Nezahat Demir states that the authorities are waiting for his death in prison. She asks: “Is this how the state will destroy what it cannot destroy outside?”Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS KURDISTAN SPECIAL REPORTS

What changes have executions brought to society?

Medya News 10 November 2020

by Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Today, the death penalty is applied in 53 states in the world and yet statistics still indicate that crime continues in the world. There are states that have abolished the death penalty in favour of lifelong imprisonment; there are others that still keep the death penalty but use it […]Read More

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Journalist Aziz Oruç released from prison after third hearing

Medya News 9 November 2020

Journalist Aziz Oruç has been released from prison on probation after his third hearing.Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS VIDEOS

Saturday Mothers seek justice in their 815th action

Medya News 8 November 2020

Human rights defenders and relatives of missing persons continue to demand answers regarding the fate of those who were disappeared by the state under custody in Turkey.Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS KURDISTAN VIDEOS

Impunity in Turkey: Police officer fined after killing two children

Medya News 7 November 2020

A court has fined a police officer 19,000 Turkish lira after he killed six-year-old Furkan Yıldırım and seven-year-old Muhammed Yıldırım with a police panzer while they were sleeping in their home.Read More

Category : HUMAN RIGHTS

60 years on, the children who died in Şehrezad Cinema

Man arrested in Turkey for criticizing the government in street

Verbal threat to ‘burn’ journalists by police in Turkey

Residents of Qandil stage protest against the KDP

Family of 15 given a single tent after apartment damaged

The wife of seriously ill prisoner Demir: ”They have left

What changes have executions brought to society?

Journalist Aziz Oruç released from prison after third hearing

Saturday Mothers seek justice in their 815th action

Impunity in Turkey: Police officer fined after killing two children

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