Azad Tokmak will start a freedom campaign for his mother, Fatma Tokmak, a political prisoner suffering from serious heart diseases in Bakırköy Prison, to get his mother released and continue her treatment outside prison, Zeynep Kuray from Birgün Daily reported. …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Discrimination, Health, Political Prisoners, Torture, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Azad Tokmak: “I want my mother alive, not dead!”The Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan said on the occasion of the international human rights day on 10 December 2012 the following: Protecting and developing human rights, democracy and principles of the state of law have been some of our …
Posted in Call to Actions, Discrimination, Health, Political Prisoners, Torture, Turkey, Women | Comments Off on 79-Year-Old Kurdish Mother: “I don’t want to die in this prison!”Burhan Kartal, a Kurdish political prisoner suffering from heart and kidney diseases in Erzurum prison, was tortured and beaten after he underwent angioplasty at hospital, Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reported. His wife, Filiz Kartal, said that Burhan Kartal who was …
Posted in Call to Actions, Health, Political Prisoners, Torture, Turkey | 2 CommentsThe Alliance for Kurdish Rights (AKR) was founded in 2007 in an effort to highlight abuses against the Kurdish people throughout the Middle East. Apart from having a wide range of Kurdish contributors and activists join and support the initiative, …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Site info | 1 Commentkurds in #syria led a humiliating life under the assad regime and no one supported them. now syria is fighting assad, still no support. — naila bozo (@nailabozo) February 8, 2013 I read with horror about the attacks in Serê Kaniyê …
Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Syria | 3 CommentsFor a long time after the Syrian uprising began almost two years ago, West Kurdistan (the Kurdish northern parts of Syria, also called Rojava) remained free of fights between the regime and the Free Syrian Army. This has since changed …
Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Media, Protests, Syria, Turkey, Uncategorized | 1 CommentTo: Recep Tayipp Erdoğan, Prime Minister, Turkey Re: Kurds should be granted an autonomous Kurdish state in southeast Turkey Honorable Prime Minister Erdoğan, as you are aware, the long-standing Kurdish struggle for autonomy has remained a constant issue in Turkish …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, European Union, Free speech, Kurdistan, Turkey | 10 CommentsThe government based care home in Helwer is home to institutional and ministerial negligence. For the past 3 months we have actively monitored both their living conditions and health. There are three main carers that look after them and ensure …
Posted in Call to Actions | Comments Off on Care homes neglected in oil-rich Kurdistan