The Saturday Mothers, relatives of missing persons and human rights defenders made a statement demanding to know the fates of those who were disappeared by the Turkish state while under custody.Read More
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Former DBP co-chair participates in hunger strike action in prison
As hunger strikes continue in the prisons of Turkey, imprisoned former Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Sebahat Tuncel made a decision to participate in the hunger strikes launched to protest against the isolation imposed upon Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan.Read More
Prisoners who are on hunger strike in Eskişehir Prison have been subjected to mistreatment, with their wards being raided three times a day, it has been revealed.Read More
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has once again blocked the Jin News website.Read More
The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association has released a report on violations against the press during the month of November in Turkey.Read More
In a letter addressed to Dr. Dindar Zebari, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG’s) International Advocacy Coordinator in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Amnesty International urgently called for a retrial of Abdulrahman Er, who has been sentenced to death. Amnesty International noted that his death sentence was questionably upheld by the Court of Appeal in […]Read More
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KURDISTAN
MIDDLE EAST
Civilians fear gang attacks along the Tell Tamer-Zirgan highway in
Turkey’s armed forces and its mercenaries are constantly attacking the M4 international highway which cuts through Syria’s most strategic areas and runs parallel with the border with Turkey. Civilians using the Tell Tamer-Zirgan stretch of the highway are worried about their safety because of these attacks, reports Hawar News.Read More
Twenty six years after the bombing of the offices of the Özgür Ülke (Free Country) newspaper in Istanbul and Ankara in Turkey, Zekine Türkeri, a former correspondent for the newspaper, shared her views about the way in which the oppressive targeting of the Kurdish media and the failure to address the Kurdish Question has led […]Read More
Serious violations of basic human rights in regards to the right of life are increasing at an alarming rate in Turkey in recent months. In the latest incident, soldiers opened fire on three youngsters who had travelled to their village, Anadağ (Bêruh) in Derecik district of Hakkari (Colemêrg) to pick acorns and have a picnic […]Read More
Seventeen people were detained after house raids were conducted in the early hours of this morning in the city of Şırnak (Şirnex) in Turkey. Another operation was also carried out this morning in Diyarbakır (Amed).Read More
