Public hospitals in Southern Kurdistan suffer from lack of independent bodies monitoring the services provided by doctors, nurses and staff members. There are no avenues for accountability, particularly where medical malpractice and negligence is concerned. In one of our visits …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns | 8 CommentsKurdish activists have faced increased hostility by the Iranian government. Their peaceful campaigning for democracy, constitutionally protected rights and greater ethnic rights have been met with an iron fist. Many activists have been detained in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. Mohammad …
Posted in Call to Actions, Iran | Comments Off on Remembering Kurdish Human Rights activists in IranDear loyal readers and campaigners; Alliance For Kurdish Rights started with the aim of giving Kurdish people a voice in countries where their rights are disregarded and abused. In the beginning of 2012, we promised to give greater coverage of …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions | 2 CommentsTurkish authorities have reported finding another mass-grave with the remains of 23 people […]
Posted in BDP, Call to Actions, Turkey | 1 CommentRonak Saffarzadeh is a Kurdish women’s rights activist, and signatory to “One million signatures campaign for the repeal of discriminatory laws against women”. She was arrested on October 9th, 2008 for distributing pamphlets about “education in Kurdish language and objection …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Iran, Women | 2 CommentsKurdish 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 CommentsEuropean lawyers federation AED and ELDH have urged the Turkish government to release Kurdish lawyers imprisoned in the KCK investigation. In a joint statement, they concluded the following; We are deeply concerned about the arrests of lawyers and raids on …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on European Lawyers federation urge Turkey to release Kurdish lawyers