Category: Political Prisoners

Former Kurdish MP sentenced to 15 years in jail by Turkish court

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Serefeddin Halis, a former MP in the Turkish parliament has been sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of perpetuating propaganda on behalf of an illegal organisation, Kurdistan Workers Party. Halis was prosecuted on the grounds of 10 speeches …

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Complete List of 104 Journalists in Turkish Jails

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Minhaj Akreyi

One of the essential pillar of democracy is freedom of press and if this pillar is missing in a democratic country, then that country can no longer be considered democratic. True, Turkey hold free elections and it has competing political …

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Database of Political Prisoners in Iran lists a large number of Kurds

Posted on January 9, 2012 by AKR

A database of political prisoners in Iran has been compiled by online activists using the social media tool, Hyper Activist. The database names the prisoners, information including charges and their activity/occupation, along with their ethnicity. Verification for each prisoner is …

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Iran and Turkey maintain statuses as worst countries for journalists

Posted on December 12, 2011 by AKR

In an annual census of imprisoned journalists conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Iran and Turkey were listed amongst the countries with the most number of arrests. Other countries noted as the world’s worst for journalists included China, …

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