Monthly Archives: April 2008

Call to Action: Urge Iran to stop the execution of Kurdish journalist Hiwa Butimar

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Kurdish activist Hiwa Butimar has had his appeal rejected and has been sentenced to death by Iran’s Revolutionary Court, the Iranian Minorities’ Human Rights Organisation (IMHRO) reported. Source: IMHRO, 2008-04-18           Hiwa Butimar a 29 year …

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Europe’s human rights court faces huge case backlog; Turkey worst offender in 2007

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Published earlier but worth revisiting, from the Associated Press: STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights is facing a huge case backlog and at its current pace would need 46 years to rule on all complaints, a survey said …

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Article 301 amended, for better or worse

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Turkish parliament’s justice committee on Friday  accepted the bill to amend the controversial Article 301, which holds immense restrictions on freedom of speech in Turkey and in which Turkish officials agree that the article has “embarrassed Turkey abroad”. However, intellectuals …

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RWB: Iran closes Kurdish weekly for selling copies across border in Iraqi Kurdistan

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From Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders condemns the 11 April decision of a criminal court in Sanandaj, in Iran’s northwestern Kurdish region, to close the Kurdish-language daily [Rojhelat] for good on the grounds that it had received money from …

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53 Mayors in Turkey are convicted in trial for writing a letter to the Danish PM

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Turkey’s violation of civil liberties continues with the latest development in the charges brought against 56 mayors for writing a letter to the Danish prime minister requesting him not to shut down the Kurdish broadcast station, Roj-TV, in Denmark after …

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Call To Action: Urge Turkey to abolish article 301

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Urge Turkey to abolish article 301 in which Leyla Zana was indicted under. Amnesty International is extremely concerned with the frequent use of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) to prosecute human rights defenders, journalists and other members …

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Identification of Kurdish Victims of Turkish Special Force Operations

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From the online newspaper, Yeni Ozgur Politika, translated by Rasti: The identities of two of the eight people [Kurds] who had been taken by Bolu Brigade [Turkish counter-guerilla forces] from their homes under the pretext of showing them an address, …

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EUTCC press release: Kurdish spokesperson Leyla Zana convicted to two years in prison

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European Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) April 11, 2008 Leyla Zana, a well know political spokesperson for the Kurds in Turkey has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Turkish Court in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. The court’s judgment …

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