Journalist Nedim Türfent, who was detained after reporting on human rights violations in Hakkari, Yüksekova district and sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization”, wrote a letter from Van Prison, where he has been detained for 1700 days.Read More
The legal fees for the lawyer representing the police officer Yakup S. who is accused killing the Kurdish student Kemal Kurkut will be paid for by the Ministry of Interior.Read More
A Turkish court accepted an indictment prepared within the scope of the so called “Kobane investigation” launched against 108 Kurdish politicians.Read More
Hundreds of students at Boğazici University took to the streets again on Wednesday to march against the newly appointed university rector, handpicked by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the position. Protesters described the appointment of Melih Bulu as undemocratic, accusing President Erdoğan of undermining principles of academic freedom.Read More
The UK recorded it’s 2nd highest number of deaths from Covid 19 since the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown 23rd March 2020.Read More
Internal security forces, began investigations on January 5 as a result of incidents that took place inside the al-Hol Camp, as funerals of six people took place.Read More
Translated from Özgür Politika by Ferda Çetin It has been eight years since the Paris murders. Three Kurdish women politicians – Sakine Cansiz, one of the founders of the PKK, the Paris Representative of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Fidan Doğan and KNK Youth Movement member Leyla Şaylemez – were assassinated in Paris, France, on […]Read More
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP and Parliamentary Human Rights Monitoring Commission Member, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said that the Turkish state should urgently respond to the Kurdish political prisoner’s ongoing hunger strike against isolation saying, “There is a state mechanism that collectively tries to cover up all human rights violations.” reported ANF NewsRead More
by Fayik Yağızay There have been intense discussions regarding the possible closure of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Jwane Amin, a young woman in Iraqi Kurdistan is working on a clothes recycling project in order to send a message to the world. Jwane was born in 1995 and has been working on her project formally since February 2020. Her project is called Jwane Design Recycling and she has […]Read More
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