Öcalan’s imprisonment is significant issue for all Kurds, says Newroz Uysal
The Turkish state has kept Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in total isolation at Imralı ...
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Turkey prevents information on Öcalan, says former CPT member
Dr. Jean-Pierre Restellini, a former member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), has asserted that Turkey ...
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#DEVELOPING Turkey’s compliance with the European anti-torture convention is being reviewed at the United Nations Committee for the Prevention of ...
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CPT Iraq: nine villages emptied, 184 families forced to flee due to Turkish attacks on KRI
The Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) of Iraq have published a report about the escalation of Turkish military operations in the ...
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Kurdish leader’s lawyer warns of critical situation in Turkey’s İmralı prison
İbrahim Bilmez, lawyer for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, warns that the situation at Turkey's İmralı Island Prison has reached a ...
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‘Strasbourg freedom vigil’ 12 anniversary: calls to end Öcalan’s isolation intensify
A permanent 'freedom vigil' has taken place in Strasbourg since 25 June, 2012, launched by the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan ...
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Norwegians back Free Öcalan Campaign, press European anti-torture body to visit Kurdish leader
The Freedom for Öcalan campaign teamed with signatories from Norway, including members of parliament, academics and public figures, to demand ...
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Turkey: Alarm at Kurdish prisoner deaths in prisons visited by EU anti-torture commission
A Kurdish prisoner has died in suspicious circumstances in a Turkish prison. This is the second such incident following recent ...
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Council of Europe must urge Turkey to halt Kurdish leader Öcalan’s solitary confinement: Italian voices demand action
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (CPT), a Council of Europe (CoE) body, ...
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More than 60 prominent voices call on Committee for the Prevention of Torture to visit Öcalan
Over 60 prominent thinkers, campaigners, legal professionals, politicians and trade unionists have signed an open letter calling on the European ...
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