The Saturday Mothers of Turkey gathered in the Galatasaray Square in Istanbul this week again instead of visiting their children at their graveyards. Meeting at the Galatasaray Square for the 437th time this year with the pictures of their beloved …
Posted in BDP, Campaigns, Protests, Trials, Turkey, Women, Youth | Comments Off on Saturday Mothers of Turkey: “Human Life or Political Power?”Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. Hassan Rouhani took the office of president this Saturday and it appears he did …
Posted in Discrimination, Iran, Political Prisoners, Protests, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Continuation of Human Rights Violations Against Kurds In Iran8 years ago today, a Kurdish activist went to the central square in the Kurdish city of Mehabad to join other students in commemoration of the 1999 student protests in Tehran that were violently repressed by the Iranian government. The name …
Posted in Activism, Discrimination, Free speech, Iran, Protests | Comments Off on In Memory of Shawaneh Ghaderi: Killed 8 years ago by Iranian governmentAlliance for Kurdish Rights (AKR) is deeply concerned about the events that recently unfolded in the city of Amudê in West Kurdistan (Northern part of Syria). On June 27, hundreds of Kurds in the city of Amudê gathered to protest …
Posted in Call to Actions, Protests, Syria, Violence | 8 CommentsConfidentiality has been decreed on the probe regarding the massacre that took place during the protest against the construction of military outposts in the Kayacık village of Diyarbakır’s Lice district Diyarbakır Public Prosecution Office authorized with the 10th article of …
Posted in Protests, Turkey, Uncategorized, Violence | Comments Off on Prosecutors decree confidentiality on the probe into Lice MassacreYesterday, soldiers opened fire on people who were protesting against the construction of additional buildings to the military guard post in the Hêzan ‘Kayacık village of the Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır). 1 person died and 8 were hospitalized due …
Posted in Protests, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Massacre in Lice, Amed: 1 dead, Many WoundedIn December of 2011, a group of 38 young Kurdish men were detected travelling through a smuggling route near the town of Uludere by an American predator drone. Not long after, a Turkish military jet flew over the same spot and …
Posted in Protests, Turkey | 1 CommentDilan Alp, a 17-year old Kurdish high school student, was rushed to the hospital after she was struck to the head by a police tear gas canister during May Day celebrations yesterday. According to AFP, at least 28 people, including riot police, …
Posted in Protests, Uncategorized, Women, Youth | Comments Off on Istanbul police injure 17-year old Dilan Alp on May Day