Category: Trials
Posted on March 8, 2012 by Minhaj Akreyi
One of the essential pillar of democracy is freedom of press and if this pillar is missing in a democratic country, then that country can no longer be considered democratic. True, Turkey hold free elections and it has competing political …
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Iran,
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Posted on February 2, 2012 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Thirty Kurdish students have been arrested in association with being a member of an illegal organisation and organising activities on behalf of an illegal organisation. The students are not part of any organisation, but in the past year hundreds of …
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Turkey,
Youth |
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Posted on January 28, 2012 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
The Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has applied to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Uludere massacre, which led to the killing of 35 Kurdish civilians. Turkey has not ratified the Rome statute, which means it does …
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Posted on December 8, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Kurdish politician Mahmut Alınak has been arrested on suspicion of being associated or having links with KCK. Last month, he was arrested in Istanbul and later released because it could not be established that he had secret ties with KCK. …
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
European 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 …
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced the sanctions imposed on Syria on Wednesday, as a consequence of Syria’s brutal crackdown on protesters. The sanctions include a freeze on Syrian assets in Turkey and banning transactions with the Syrian central bank. …
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Kurdistan,
Torture,
Trials,
Turkey |
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Posted on August 13, 2011 by Naila Bozo
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).
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Posted on June 17, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi
The election high was not over yet when the Turkish police took more 74 people into custody, mostly those who are affiliated with the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). In the June election of this year in Turkey, the …
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