Category: Activism
Posted on February 20, 2015 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A France-based organisation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network claims that it has confirmed reports that brothers Ali and Habib Afshari have been executed. They were arrested in late 2010/early 2011 on charges of ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident …
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Posted on December 27, 2014 by Naila Bozo
Three years ago, a U.S. Predator drone spotted movement on Turkey’s border with Iraq. As part of a close collaboration between the U.S. and Turkey with the task of closely monitoring the Kurdish armed fighters of PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party), …
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Posted on November 8, 2014 by Naila Bozo
On Thursday, reports spread on social media that activist Kader Ortakaya had been shot by the Turkish army when she was forming part of a human chain by the Suruç-Kobanê border. The 28-year-old sociologist had been taking part in shows …
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Posted on October 3, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The Women’s Initiative for Peace (based in Turkey) is calling on everyone to take a stand against Turkey´s proposal of creating a buffer zone in Syria. The statement can be read in full below: Urgent Call: Stand Against Demands for …
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Posted on November 16, 2013 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Ahmet Kaya was born in the autumn of 1957 in Malatya. Soon after the 1970 coup in Turkey, Ahmet’s family immigrated to Istanbul in hope of better job opportunities. His interest in singing at an early age was noticed by …
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Posted on November 15, 2013 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
The previous article, “Kurdish women imprisoned for infidelity” generated a discussion on what was an alternative option in dealing with cases where women are unfaithful to their partners, and how moral crimes should be dealt with. The problem with this …
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Posted on November 13, 2013 by Tasbeeh Herwees
Last year, the American news website, Gawker, released internal documents from within an outsourcing firm which employs “content moderators” to screen content posted on Facebook. Gawker obtained the documents from an employee of the firm, Amine Derkaoui, a 21-year old Moroccan …
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Posted on November 2, 2013 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
The mayor of Nusaybin district, Ayse Gokkan has been protesting against the construction of a wall at the Turkish-Syrian border between the two cities of Qamishli and Nusaybin. The wall has been dubbed as a “wall of shame” a phrase …
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