Tag Archives: Kurd
Posted on March 29, 2015 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
On a morning in 2012, the Turkish police knocked on the door of Mehmet Öztekin’s house. He was then taken away by the police who would not provide any explanation or evidence for the charges that gave them authority to …
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Health,
Political Prisoners,
Turkey |
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Ill prisoner,
Kurd,
Turkey |
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Posted on August 10, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The disastrous situation in Kurdish cities in Iraq and northern Iraq continues after The Islamic State (IS) a week ago took control of cities in the area. Up to 150,000 Yezidi Kurds are still trapped in the mountains and they …
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Call to Actions,
Discrimination,
Genocide,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Terror,
United Nations,
Urgent |
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Iraq,
IS,
Kurd,
Kurdistan,
Yezidi |
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Posted on July 29, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Ghader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner, has been transferred to solitary confinement of a central prison in Urmiye, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reports. The reason for the transfer is unknown. According to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center …
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Extrajudicial Punishment,
Iran,
Media,
Political Prisoners,
Trials |
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Iran,
Kurd,
Political Prisoners,
torture |
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