The trial of the Kurdish satellite channel Roj TV begins Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark and will end with a verdict that either confirms or repudiates the alleged links between Roj TV and PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party or Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan).
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Trials | 2 CommentsReuters Ibon Villelabeitia reports on Turkey’s refusal to allow European MPs to attend the trial of Kurdish defandants in what some say are landmark cases regarding the Kurdish question in Turkey: Euro MPs say they banned from Kurdish trial (Reuters) …
Posted in Censorship, European Union, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on European MPs are denied access to ‘landmark’ Kurdish trials in TurkeyKurdish political prisoner Mr. Farhad Tarom has reportedly become the latest executed prisoner in Iran according to a number of independent sources inside Iran. According to the outlawed Kurdish News Agency, Mr. Farhad Tarom had been residing in Iraqi Kurdistan …
Posted in Censorship, Executions, Iran, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Terror, Violence | 1 CommentJust a couple of weeks after activists worldwide began protesting the imminent risk of execution of Kurdish political prisoner, Mr. Habibollah Latifi, Iranian authorities reportedly executed another political prisoner, Mr. Hossein Khezri. A number of unverified reports state that Mr. …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Executions, Iran, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Terror, Violence | 1 CommentKurdishRights has produced another video supporting the Kurdish human rights. The video clearly states the situation of Kurds in Syria. It’s a direct request for Arabs to speak up for the basic Kurdish human rights. Watch it, and kindly spread …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Syria, Videos | 1 CommentThe 25-year-old American journalist from New Hampshire, Jake Hess, was released by Turkish authorities this week and was deported back to the United States. Hess was recently arrested in Turkey after authorities accused him of having links with the outlawed …
Posted in Censorship, Displacements, Free speech, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Political Prisoners, Reports, Suppression, Turkey, Violence | 1 CommentAccording to a number of individual sources, Kurdish political prisoner – Mohammad Amin Agoushi – has gone on hunger strike since August 15th. Mr. Agoushi is being held at the central prison in Orumieh and has been sentenced to death …
Posted in Censorship, Executions, Hunger Strikes, Iran, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Violence | 1 CommentA Kurdish mayor from Diyarbakir, Osman Baydemir, is being prosecuted under Turkey’s controversial Article 301 under the Turkish criminal code that prohibits one from insulting “Turkishness”. From Bianet: Diyarbakır Mayor Baydemir is prosecuted on the grounds of harshly criticizing and …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Turkey | Comments Off on Kurdish mayor prosecuted under charges of insulting “Turkishness”