Monthly Archives: March 2009

GfbV: Kurdish rights activist threatened with life imprisonment or death in Syria

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The Society for Threatened Peoples, Göttingen, reports: Society for Threatened Peoples asks EU foreign ministers for help: Court case against Mashal Tamo must be closed! With an urgent request for help the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) wrote on Monday …

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Turkish officer detained over missing Kurds

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Associated Press – Media reports say police have detained a military officer allegedly implicated in the disappearance of Kurds thought to have been executed by security forces. Prosecutors are investigating whether the Kurds, who went missing in the 1990s, were …

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Iranian High Court denies Zaynab Bayazidi's appeal

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The Iran Human Rights Voice, a web-based media outlet that monitors human rights violations in Iran, released the following report: An appeal request made by the lawyer representing Zaynab Bayazidi was turned down by officials in high court of justice. …

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Freedom for Leyla Zana Campaign Launched

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Bia news centre (bianet.org) – Istanbul: A campaign to free Kurdish politician Leyla Zana has been started by rights activists, among them writers Bilgesu Erenus, Murathan Mungan, Seyhmus Diken and Ragip Zarakolu, human rights activists Hurriyet Sener, Esber Yagmurdereli and …

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Two Kurds detained in Bukan, Iran

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According to Mukerian News Agency: Two Kurdish activists and residents of the city of Bokan, Shelir and Fouad Mostafapour, were detained in this city yesterday. It has been reported that both activists were detained while they were distributing announcements for …

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Family wounded and boy killed during ongoing Iranian shelling

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The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported today that a two-year-old Kurdish boy was killed and his parents seriously wounded after continued Iranian bombardment of the Kurdistan region in the northernmost part of Iraq. The attack and tragedy was confirmed by the …

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Prosecutor calls for investigation of Kurdish mass graves in Turkey

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Sirnak Prosecution Finally Looking for “Death Wells” – Following the application of relatives of around 70 people who have been missing, the Sirnak Bar Association had called on a prosecutor from Silopi, a district in Sirnak, to start an investigation. …

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Kurds, observant Muslims losing faith in European court

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The European Court of Human Rights has contributed much to the improvement of human rights in Turkey and the country’s reform process as it works to join the European Union, but has seen its reputation plummet among Kurds and observant …

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