Erdal Kotan, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Pertek District ex-co-Chair has stated that prisoners are being kept in isolation at Elazığ (Xerpêt) High-Security Prison Number One in Turkey. He also criticized the prison administration for not allowing them to receive books.Read More
The first hearing of the lawsuit relating to the assassination five years ago of Diyarbakır Bar Association’s Chair Tahir Elçi is being held today.Read More
Iraqi Federal Police have found a mass grave containing the bodies of people killed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Kirkuk.Read More
The Kurdish-language play “Bêrû’’ was included in the October programme of the İstanbul Municipality City Theatre in Turkey. Due to be staged by Teatra Jiyana Nû (New Life Theatre), it was banned on the grounds that it could “disturb the general public order”.Read More
Dilek Doğan was shot during a police raid on her house in the Küçükarmutlu district of İstanbul on 18 October 2015, and lost her life a week later in an intensive care unit.Read More
Mineworkers launched a protest to address their unpaid salaries and rights to indemnity on 12 October, in the Soma district of Manisa city, Turkey.Read More
Bahtiyar Fırat (33) is a bus driver from Hakkari (Colemêrg) in Turkey who has been missing since 14 October, soon after he was released from police custody in İstanbul Airport.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan On 7 October, police forces attacked Sherwan Sherwani’s house in Sebrian, a village near Erbil in South Kurdistan. They arrested him in front of his wife and three children.Read More
A Kurdish prisoner Serkan Tumay (27) has died in controversial circumstances in Kırıkkale F-Type prison in Turkey. His family stated he was tortured after seeing his dead body and there is speculation that he lost his life after being tortured by the prison guards.Read More
Two Kurdish youths were attacked by Turkish nationalists in Munich on Friday 16 October.Read More
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