Celal Ekin, a Kurdish musician and an instructer at Dicle-Firat (Tigris-Euphrates) Cultural Association spoke to Mesopotamia News Agency, about their efforts to teach art in Diyarbakır (Amed) after the new Covid-19 restrictions.Read More
HUMAN RIGHTS
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Human rights organisations in Turkey: Violations continue in every aspect
Human Rights defenders in Turkey issued joint press statements in various provinces of Turkey, including Istanbul, Diyarbakır (Amed), Adana, Mardin (Mêrdîn), Hatay and Van (Wan) on the occassion of Human Rights Week.Read More
During a football match played in the Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul’s Basaksehir at the Parc des Princes stadium in France, the fourth official reportedly made a racist comment about Basaksehir’s assistant coach, Pierre Webo. Members from both teams walked off the field after 23 minutes in protest, leading to suspension of play. […]Read More
Ferda Çetin – Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika, On Tuesday, in a Champions League match between Istanbul Başakşehir and Paris Saint Germain from France, Başakşehir withdrew from the field. The match was suspended after the fourth referee, Sebastian Coltescu, used racist remarks against Pierre Webo, a member of Başakşehir’s technical team.Read More
Seda Taşkın People of Diyarbakır (Amed) reflect on the economic difficulties they face amid the deepening financial crisis in Turkey.Read More
by Fréderike Geerdink At least eight deaths already in the protests against partially paid and delays in unpaid salaries, unemployment, the deteriorating economic situation in general, corruption and nepotism in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. In Duhok, military vehicles are on the streets to prevent demonstrations from breaking out while in cities in the south […]Read More
IRAQ
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MIDDLE EAST
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Seven protesters and a Peshmerga were killed during the protests
Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Since Tuesday of last week, protests in Sulaymaniyah and the towns neighbouring Sulaymaniyah province continued to grow fuelled by anger against corruption and economic crisis.Read More
HUMAN RIGHTS
KURDISTAN
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Yüksel Mutlu on religious cults: Alevis should unite against assimilation
The increase in the Sunni religous cults operating in Tunceli (Dersim) (a mainly Alevi populated region) in Turkey has been reported by various media outlets recently.Read More
Nuray Çevirmen, a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Human Rights Association (İHD) in Turkey, spoke to Jinnews about the human rights situation in Turkey, violations of rights in prisons, and the ongoing hunger strikes against the İmralı Prison isolation conditions of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan.Read More
KURDISTAN
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The people of Diyarbakır react against the government appointed trustees
Seda Taşkın The people of Diyarbakır shared their criticisms regarding the trustee appointed by the government for Diyarbakır Municipality.Read More
