Category: Call to Actions

Kurdish Politician Mahmut Alınak arrested

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Kurdish politician Mahmut Alınak has been arrested on suspicion of being associated or having links with KCK. Last month, he was arrested in Istanbul and later released because it could not be established that he had secret ties with KCK. …

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TIME Nominates Erdogan and his Crimes for Person of the Year

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

For TIME magazine’s world-renowned recognition for most influential person of the year, the international publication has selected a variety of people from all walks of life and asked their readers to vote to help them make their choice. Among the …

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European Lawyers federation urge Turkey to release Kurdish lawyers

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

European lawyers federation AED and ELDH have urged the Turkish government to release Kurdish lawyers imprisoned in the KCK investigation. In a joint statement, they concluded the following; We are deeply concerned about the arrests of lawyers and raids on …

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Mass Arrests of Kurdish Intellectuals in Istanbul

Posted on by Wade Jefferson

On Friday morning, while I dressed for work and my wife, Xezal, made me breakfast, the police were ransacking my father-in-law’s house just blocks away. According to Xezal’s little sister, they took down every one of his books, flipped through …

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