A Kurdish man named Baran Toktaş has announced his conscientious objection, saying that “as a Kurdish youth, I refuse to shed the blood of my brothers, and to be on the same side with rapists.” Baran Toktaş has proclaimed his …
Posted in Political Prisoners, Terror, Turkey, Violence | 1 CommentYesterday, soldiers opened fire on people who were protesting against the construction of additional buildings to the military guard post in the Hêzan ‘Kayacık village of the Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır). 1 person died and 8 were hospitalized due …
Posted in Protests, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Massacre in Lice, Amed: 1 dead, Many WoundedAccording to Swedish media, a Kurdish man from Sweden, Halef Tak has been arrested in Bulgaria. The police told us that Interpol in Ankara has requested his extradition on the grounds of political crime, said his son, Delil Tak. On …
Posted in Political Prisoners, Turkey | Comments Off on Kurdish-Swedish Man Arrested In Bulgaria on Turkey’s RequestOn December 28th, 2011, F-16 warplanes launched an attack on villagers in Roboski village of the Kurdish district of Şırnak in Turkey. On their way back to their village, a group of people, who were transporting cheap fuel into Turkey …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Terror, Trials, Turkey | 3 CommentsAccording to HRANA, two Kurds died after setting themselves on fire just 2 weeks ago in front of the main administrative office in the Kurdistan Province. The two men, both followers of the religion Yârsân, protested Iranian prison authorities’ treatment …
Posted in Discrimination, Iran | Comments Off on Two Kurds die of self-immolation in IranIn December of 2011, a group of 38 young Kurdish men were detected travelling through a smuggling route near the town of Uludere by an American predator drone. Not long after, a Turkish military jet flew over the same spot and …
Posted in Protests, Turkey | 1 CommentHanım Onur, the former deputy mayor of Cizre, Şırnak province in the Kurdish region in Turkey, was arrested on the 16th of September 2011 during the KCK operations where Turkish authorities targeted the Kurdish civilian opposition. She spent 18 months in …
Posted in BDP, Free speech, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | 2 Comments