Switzerland declares support for Kurdish leader Öcalan’s historic call for peace
The Swiss government has welcomed Abdullah Öcalan’s 'Call for Peace and a Democratic Society' and expressed its willingness to support ...
Read moreDetailsTag: Council of Europe
Kurdish MP questions peace prospects as Turkey’s trustee policy deepens
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP Sırrı Sakık has questioned the possibility of peace in Turkey while the ...
Read moreDetails
Daily News : 17 February 2025
17/02/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍The DEM Party delegation continued its diplomatic efforts in Erbil, discussing Kurdish unity ...
Read moreDetails
Strasbourg demonstration highlights growing hope for Öcalan’s freedom
The streets of Strasbourg were filled with thousands of demonstrators calling for the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan as ...
Read moreDetails
Trade Unionists from Turkey at the Council of Europe
Sarah Glynn Turkey’s appalling human rights record ensures that there is a steady stream of people from Turkey lobbying the ...
Read moreDetails
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs raises possibility of action against Turkey
A question was raised in the Norwegian Parliament on 5 November over the Turkish state's dismissal of elected mayors from ...
Read moreDetails
PACE’s Laura Castel on the prospects of release for Abdullah Öcalan
In this latest episode of the Medya News podcast, Erem Kansoy interviews Member of the European Parliament Laura Castel. Castel ...
Read moreDetails
Turkey’s rights leaders support bill allowing conditional release for life-sentenced prisoners
Human rights advocates and lawmakers in Turkey are calling for reforms to end the no-parole policy for life-sentenced prisoners. A ...
Read moreDetails
Council of Europe Congress adopts report on local elections in Turkey
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) has overwhelmingly adopted a report on key ...
Read moreDetails
Safeguarding journalism and heading into war: a weekly news review
I spent last week at the quarterly Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and although this is an organisation ...
Read moreDetails