Halime Erkurt was beaten while in labour. The 27-year old was insulted and cursed by medical staff in Urfa City hospital because she was Kurdish. She says, “They told me that Kurds are bad people and cursed. They were slapping …
Posted in Kurdistan, Turkey, Violence, Women | 2 CommentsThe Iranian Supreme Court has reduced Zeinab Jalalian’s death sentence to life in prison. She was arrested in 2008 in association with an outlawed rebel group PJAK, which she later denied. Her trial was speedy, and legal procedures were not …
Posted in Iran, Kurdistan, Women | Comments Off on Kurdish girl tortured and sentenced to life in PrisonIstanbul, Turkey- Dawn on Tuesday brought an unfortunate wake up call to many Kurds and especially to journalists as a wave of arrests across Turkey picked up 40 people, most of whom are journalists. The arrests came under the premise …
Posted in Censorship, Media, Turkey | 1 CommentA Kurdish man has been shot 8 times, and severely beaten after he requested a Kurdish song to be played at a nightclub in Turkey, Izmir. The man is identified as Gazi Akbayar, and originally from Tunceli. According to CNN …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Turkey | 5 CommentsIn the past months, hundreds of Kurdish activists and Pro-Kurdish activists have been arrested. Among them, politicians, writers and political thinkers detained on questionable grounds in Turkey. Recent arrests have been made, once again on the grounds that they have ‘hidden’ …
Posted in BDP, Campaigns, Censorship, Kurdistan, Turkey | 1 CommentKARS (DİHA) – Kurdish singer, Engin Ancı, was imprisoned for singing Kurdish song in Digor, a district of Kars. The prosecutor considered him singing Kurdish song as “Producing propaganda of the illegal organization.” According to information, he has more lawsuits …
Posted in Free speech, Turkey | 1 Comment17-year-old A.Ç. was left in a solitary confinement for two weeks in the Urfa Prison according to BDP Co-chair and lawyer Meral Danış Beştaş. She visited the prison with a special delegation that were set out to investigate the condition …
Posted in Campaigns, Turkey | Comments Off on 17-year-old Kurdish student left in solitary confinement for two weeksIn 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, …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Political Prisoners, Reports, Turkey | Comments Off on Iran and Turkey maintain statuses as worst countries for journalists