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 …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | Leave a commentDublin, Ireland: In an attempt to send a loud and clear message to the general public and politicians alike, the Kurdish Association of Ireland staged an indefinite hunger strike to protest the 88th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne. The …
Posted in Activism, Campaigns, Hunger Strikes, Kurdistan | Leave a commentOn July 14, eight children in the city of Urfa, Turkey decided to engage in one of the most common forms of protest in order to carry their demands to the Turkish prison administration. Having gone through a hunger strike …
Posted in Campaigns, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Turkey, Youth | 1 CommentToday and in the next two Fridays (June 3rd and June 10) Kurds and supporters of Kurdish human rights will work to raise awareness about the repression of Kurdish identity in Turkey on the social networking site twitter. The campaign, …
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