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 CommentsAlliance For Kurdish Rights has been using social networking tools to raise awareness for Halabja genocide, which took place on March 16, 1988. We have written about what happened in the massacre here, why it is important to remember it …
Posted in Campaigns, Genocide, Iraq | 2 CommentsIn the past months, hundreds of Kurdish activists and Pro-Kurdish activists have been arrested. Among them, politicians, writers and political thinkers detained on questionable grounds in Turkey. Recent arrests have been made, once again on the grounds that they have ‘hidden’ …
Posted in BDP, Campaigns, Censorship, Kurdistan, Turkey | 1 Comment17-year-old A.Ç. was left in a solitary confinement for two weeks in the Urfa Prison according to BDP Co-chair and lawyer Meral Danış Beştaş. She visited the prison with a special delegation that were set out to investigate the condition …
Posted in Campaigns, Turkey | Comments Off on 17-year-old Kurdish student left in solitary confinement for two weeksTurkish armed forces (TSK) have attacked Kurdish regions in the past months, and years. On more than two instances, there has been indications that chemical weapons were used. In October 19, 2011, 24 PKK rebels were killed by TSK in Çukurca …
Posted in Campaigns, Turkey | 1 CommentEuropean 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 lawyersDublin, Ireland: In an attempt to send a loud and clear message to the general public and politicians alike, the Kurdish Association of Ireland staged an indefinite hunger strike to protest the 88th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne. The …
Posted in Activism, Campaigns, Hunger Strikes, Kurdistan | Comments Off on Kurdish Association of Ireland Protested Lausanne TreatyOn July 14, eight children in the city of Urfa, Turkey decided to engage in one of the most common forms of protest in order to carry their demands to the Turkish prison administration. Having gone through a hunger strike …
Posted in Campaigns, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Turkey, Youth | 1 Comment