New report released by IHD Adana branch highlights the Human rights violations of Kurdish activists in prison. The report concludes the following; – Children prisoners forced to say Turkish national anthem. – Expired or rotten food were given to both …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Discrimination, Turkey | 1 CommentDicle News Agency reports that 7 people have been detained, among them 2 children with alleged links with KCK. Earlier this month, 121 Kurdish activists were detained on similar grounds, including a prominent Kurdish politician and former MP Mahmut Alınak. …
Posted in Activism, Turkey | 1 CommentKurdish politician Mahmut Alınak has been arrested on suspicion of being associated or having links with KCK. Last month, he was arrested in Istanbul and later released because it could not be established that he had secret ties with KCK. …
Posted in BDP, Call to Actions, Discrimination, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Kurdish Politician Mahmut Alınak arrestedFor TIME magazine’s world-renowned recognition for most influential person of the year, the international publication has selected a variety of people from all walks of life and asked their readers to vote to help them make their choice. Among the …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Media, Turkey | 8 CommentsIn a new wave of arrests, 24 people have been taken to custody today. Among them five BDP executives, association chair Evrim Konak and executives Murat Kur, Deniz Kırbağ and Hıdır Yıldız. Earlier this week, 21 people were taken into …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Free speech, Turkey | 2 CommentsThousands of people turned up to a meeting in Amed, with BDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, BDP deputies and Sur Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş, as well as civil society organisations. Security forces in Amed used tear-gas and live ammunition to disperse an open-air …
Posted in BDP, Turkey | 2 CommentsPolice raided the houses of many Kurdish politicians in Diyarbakir and Bitlis today. According to ANF, 21 people have been taken to custody. In the past 6 months alone, hundreds of Kurdish politicians, activists and journalists have been detained by …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Free speech, Turkey | Comments Off on More Kurdish politicians arrested in TurkeyTens of thousands across Syria took to the streets today, protests have been on-going for the past 10 months. Among them, thousands of Kurdish people who were singing the national anthem, clapping and calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step …
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