Monthly Archives: June 2013
Posted on June 30, 2013 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A Kurdish man named Baran Toktaş has announced his conscientious objection, saying that “as a Kurdish youth, I refuse to shed the blood of my brothers, and to be on the same side with rapists.” Baran Toktaş has proclaimed his …
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Terror,
Turkey,
Violence |
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Posted on June 29, 2013 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Yesterday, soldiers opened fire on people who were protesting against the construction of additional buildings to the military guard post in the Hêzan ‘Kayacık village of the Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır). 1 person died and 8 were hospitalized due …
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Turkey,
Violence |
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Posted on June 20, 2013 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to Swedish media, a Kurdish man from Sweden, Halef Tak has been arrested in Bulgaria. The police told us that Interpol in Ankara has requested his extradition on the grounds of political crime, said his son, Delil Tak. On …
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Turkey |
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Posted on June 17, 2013 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
On December 28th, 2011, F-16 warplanes launched an attack on villagers in Roboski village of the Kurdish district of Şırnak in Turkey. On their way back to their village, a group of people, who were transporting cheap fuel into Turkey …
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BDP,
Discrimination,
Terror,
Trials,
Turkey |
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Posted on June 16, 2013 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to HRANA, two Kurds died after setting themselves on fire just 2 weeks ago in front of the main administrative office in the Kurdistan Province. The two men, both followers of the religion Yârsân, protested Iranian prison authorities’ treatment …
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Discrimination,
Iran |
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Posted on June 10, 2013 by Tasbeeh Herwees
In December of 2011, a group of 38 young Kurdish men were detected travelling through a smuggling route near the town of Uludere by an American predator drone. Not long after, a Turkish military jet flew over the same spot and …
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Protests,
Turkey |
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Posted on June 5, 2013 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Hanım Onur, the former deputy mayor of Cizre, Şırnak province in the Kurdish region in Turkey, was arrested on the 16th of September 2011 during the KCK operations where Turkish authorities targeted the Kurdish civilian opposition. She spent 18 months in …
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BDP,
Free speech,
Political Prisoners,
Trials,
Turkey |
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