Rights violations in Turkey: Seriously ill prisoner Yusuf Akbaba denied hospital treatment and surgery
Turkish prisons continue to be places where political prisoners are being deprived of most of their rights. Yusuf Akbaba is...
Turkey: The Kurdish women’s Kibele Cooperative experience
Two women began to work together in the Suruc district of Urfa (Riha) province in Turkey three years ago with...
Turkey: Absolute impunity for the soldiers who tortured Abdülkadir Kurt to death
In 1992, soldiers were responsible for a brutal murder in Diyarbakır (Amed), Turkey. Abdulkadir Kurt, a Kurdish citizen living in...
France: Police attack activists in Strasbourg demanding freedom for imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan
Yesterday, on 2 October, various protests were held across Europe within the scope of the 'Dem Dema Azadiyê, Azadiya Rêber...
Political prisoner Shaker Behrouz sentenced to death as Iran continues to oppress Kurds
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has published a report highlighting rights violations that took place in Iran in September....
Another woman kidnapped in Afrin
ANHA reports that a woman, named Sureya Berekat (65), was abducted in the town of Jindires (Cindirês) in the Afrin...
Turkey: A mother’s struggle over four months to retrieve her son’s mortal remains
Behice Kaya's son, Kasım Kaya, a People's Defence Forces (HPG) fighter, died in an airstrike that was conducted by the...
Tension rises in Sinjar as people take to the streets against the KDP army’s mobilisation in the region
Tensions have risen in Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan as reports have suggested that there has been a mobilisation of the...
Political manoeuvres – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Turkish politics is never restful, but as people sense the possibility of major political change, the run up...
World: Messages of solidarity for the campaign for Öcalan’s freedom
Politicians and activists from various countries sent messages of solidarity to the rally being organised in Strasbourg, France, on Saturday,...
