Category: Suppression

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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BDP refers Turkish air raids to Hague court

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

The Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has applied to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Uludere massacre, which led to the killing of 35 Kurdish civilians. Turkey has not ratified the Rome statute, which means it does …

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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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Turkish youth protesting in support of the Kurds

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi

Exhausted, enraged and hopeless Turkish youth seemed to be, shouldered with the Kurds in Istanbul demonstration on Thursday calling for the government to end the decades-old Kurdish problem that was for a long time ignored, and denied. “We are here …

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