Swedish MPs condemn Turkey’s human rights abuses, demand Selahattin Demirtaş’s release
Swedish MPs strongly criticised Turkey’s human rights violations in parliament on Tuesday, demanding the immediate release of Kurdish politician Selahattin ...
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Turkey is refusing to release hundreds of seriously ill prisoners
Hundreds of seriously ill people incarcerated in Turkish prisons are being denied release, according to a report published by the ...
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş receives further 2.5-year prison sentence for criticising Turkish state
Selahattin Demirtaş, a former co-chair of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was sentenced to a further 2 years and ...
Öcalan’s release would be major step towards peace, says BastA!’s Franziska Stier
In an exclusive interview with MedyaNews, Franziska Stier talks about the influence of Abdullah Öcalan's ideas and highlights the importance ...
Jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş calls to ‘lay groundwork’ for Öcalan’s release, renewed peace talks
Urgent action must end the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan to enable him to fulfil his role in resolving ...
Diyarbakır as exemplar of the Kurdish condition – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Diyarbakır, or Amed to use its Kurdish name, is regarded as the capital of Bakur: North – or ...
Turkish president and opposition leader convene for second round of talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader ...
Anti-Kurd policies of Turkey evolved from physical violence to political annihilation, says Sebahat Tuncel
Turkey's treatment of the Kurdish issue has evolved from physical destruction in the 1990s to a more insidious form of ...
Sebahat Tuncel: Is there any Kurdish democrat in Turkey without a lawsuit?
Kurdish politicians Sebahat Tuncel and Gültan Kışanak, recently released from prison, joined the 'Justice and Freedom from Kobanê to Gezi' ...
German politicians call for release of Selahattin Demirtaş, citing European human rights obligations
German politicians have pled to Turkey's ambassador in Berlin, urging the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the ...
