Category: Hunger Strikes

Another Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed In Iran

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

According to BBC Persian, the family of Mansour Arwand has confirmed that the 39-year-old Kurdish political prisoner was recently executed by the Iranian regime. Adding to the family’s distress, authorities have allegedly refused to hand over the body of Mr. …

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What peace process, Erdogan and Barzanî?

Posted on by Naila Bozo

On November 16, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, uttered the word “Kurdistan” in public when he was giving a speech in the Kurdish city of Amed, its official name being Diyarbakir after order from Atatürk in 1937, the …

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Kurdish Prisoner on Hunger Strike Due to Torture

Posted on by Uzay Bulut

Sevcan Dönmez, a Kurdish prisoner in Kocaeli T Type Prison in Turkey, has been allegedly persecuted and tortured by warders and prisoners on the excuse that he is Kurdish and Alevi, Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reported. Not being able to …

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Turkey “allows” Kurdish in court, still prosecutes Kurds unfairly

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

24 January, Istanbul: Turkey’s parliament fulfilled a long-standing promise to decriminalize the use of the Kurdish language during Turkish court trials after an intense debate between nationalist politicians and members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). The law, …

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Solidarity Letters from Political Prisoners in Turkey

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

The number of political prisoners in Turkey is increasing on a daily basis. Despite Turkey being criticised for its crackdowns on mostly Kurdish but also Turkish journalists, lawyers, politicians and activists, there hasn’t been sufficient pressure on Turkey to end …

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The never-ending oppression of the Kurds?

Posted on by Jiyan Azadi

The life of the Kurdish people has been dominated by numerous conflicts for decades. The Kurdish landscape has always been a region where armed struggles have been launched and the Kurdish people have fought against colonizing powers for a very …

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Starved voices neglected by international community

Posted on by Lawen Azad

As the Muslim world celebrates the Feast of the Sacrifice, more than 700 Kurdish political prisoners continue their hunger strike against the Turkish government. Today marks the prisoners 45th day. Their health is deteriorating rapidly and many may now have …

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Kurdish prisoners Mohmmad Kaboodvand and Hossein Maleki on hunger strike in Iran

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Human rights activist Mohmmad Seddigh Kaboodvand was transferred to the Evin Prison infirmary on the tenth day of his hunger strike against his unfair detention by the Iranian government. Kaboodvand began his hunger strike on May 26th after he was denied a …

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