Human Rights Watch has released a video that calls attention to the state killings and disappearances of Kurdish civilians in the 1990s committed by Turkey. It highlights the importance for immediate action to be taken in regard to the torture, …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Executions, Human Rights Watch, Torture, Trials, Turkey | 1 CommentNazife Babayigit is a 77-year-old Kurdish mother born in the Kars province in Turkey. Her son, Metin Babayigit, joined the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) in 1993. Overwhelmed with the longing for her son that she hadn’t seen for 21 years, …
Posted in Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Women | 4 CommentsIn January 2012 the City Court in Denmark ruled that the Kurdish TV-station ROJ TV from February 7, 2008 to February 10, 2010 had acted as a mouthpiece for PKK, a Kurdish rebel group fighting for Kurdish rights in Turkey. …
Posted in Censorship, Culture, European Union, Free speech, Journalists, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Media, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Interview with ROJ TV director: ROJ TV is facing an international conspiracyWith the new year, the Turkish state has begun new negotiations with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, the PKK, including finally ending the long isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. There has never been so much outspoken support by Turks for negotiations …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Reports, Trials | 2 CommentsThe 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 …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Free speech, Hunger Strikes, Journalists, Media, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | 1 CommentOn September 18th the Danish police conducted a search in a Kurdish community center in Copenhagen in order to find evidence of money transactions between Kurds in Denmark and the Kurdish rebel group, PKK. 8 Kurds were arrested for having …
Posted in General, Trials | 1 CommentOn Monday, October 1st, as Turkey writes its new constitution, a trial will resume at Silivri L Type Prison just outside of Istanbul that could well determine the country’s future. Will it be rule of law under an impartial justice …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Free speech, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | 2 CommentsLeyla Zana, a prominent Kurdish politician and the first Kurdish woman to win a seat in Turkish parliament, has been sentenced by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court to 10 years in prison. The charges are in response to “nine …
Posted in Activism, BDP, Censorship, Leyla Zana, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Women | 1 Comment