The hunger strikes launched by political prisoners in Turkey to protest against the prison isolation conditions of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as the violations of rights that are taking place inside prisons in the country has reached its 32th day. The seventh group of prisoners have begun their hunger strikes.Read More
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
Kurdistan Free Women’s Party (PAJK’s) Coordination member Raperin Munzur, in an assessment of the political situation in the Middle East, has stated that Turkey aims to wage war even as the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Iraqi Kurdistan is being used as a ‘counter force’. Munzur warned that such a situation will result in the […]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
Bereaved families are still awaiting the return of loved ones’ remains after they were buried in plastic boxes under concrete sidewalks in Kilyos Cemetery.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
Bawer Dersim, a Commander at the People’s Defence Centre Headquarters, spoke to the Special Programme broadcast on Medya News TV. Evaluating the tension with the KDP, Bawer Dersim underlined that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) does not want a civil war and is always in favor of dialogue.Read More
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