Garibe Gezer’s mother: My daughter did not give in. She was murdered
On 9 December 2021, Kurdish political prisoner Garibe Gezer (28) lost her life in suspicious circumstances after being systematically tortured...
Erdoğan: “Social media a threat to democracy”
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again threatened social media users in Turkey, via a video message he sent...
Something rotten in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn It is now over seven years since most of the world learnt about the Yazidis. For a short...
‘This is a suspicious death’ – Eren Keskin and Dilşat Canbaz on the death in her prison cell of Garibe Gezer
Garibe Gezer, a prisoner at Kandıra F-Type High Security Prison No. 1, who had been systematically raped and subjected to...
Kurds’ protests outside OPCW widely reported in international media
Kurds marched on the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague on 3...
Damascus government embargo doubles suffering of Afrin children
North and East Syria: The numbers of children at Avrîn Hospital in the town of Shahba suffering from intestinal inflammation...
Student protests resume in Iraqi Kurdistan
University students in Iraq's Federated Kurdistan Region have been protesting against the government since 21 November, over the suspension of...
Simon Dubbins: Western countries cannot turn blind eye to Turkey’s crimes
Simon Dubbins, director of International and Research of the UK's Unite the Union, spoke to Medya Haber regarding the silence...
SDF’s Mazloum Abdi: AANES is ‘the only democratic model’ in the area
Meghan Bodette Long before he would become commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), General Mazloum Abdi was a Kurdish...
‘White torture’ in Turkey, human rights activists speak about isolation
The known history of isolation goes back to the 16th century. According to some studies, isolation was first applied as...
