Turkey’s prison commissions add months to sentences: report
The Administration and Observation Commissions in Turkey’s prisons have extended time served for at least 271 prisoners by up to ...
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Prisoners released 19 years after convicting court disbanded
Three Kurdish prisoners were released from a prison in Turkey’s northwestern Bolu province on Wednesday, more than 19 years after ...
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No Respite for Turkey’s Political Prisoners
Robin Fleming Political prisoners have once again become the center of attention in Turkey as the ruling Justice and Development ...
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Kurdish prisoners in Iraq end hunger strike after 65 days, families celebrate
Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er ended their 65-day-long hunger strike in a prison in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's (KRI) ...
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Landmark 1982 death fast protest of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey commemorated
On the anniversary of the death fast initiated by Kurdish prisoners in 1982 to protest the inhumane treatment in the ...
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Kurdish prisoners in Iraqi Kurdistan on day 50 of hunger strike
Wednesday marked the 50th day of hunger strike for Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, two Kurdish prisoners held in a ...
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Turkish court denies release of seriously ill Kurdish prisoner, ignoring medical reports
A Turkish court denied the release request of seriously ill 84-year-old Kurdish prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan on Thursday. Özkan is ...
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Kurdish political prisoner executed in Iran
Iran executed a Kurdish political prisoner, Hemn Mustafai, at dawn on Wednesday at Sanandaj Central Prison in Kurdistan Province. The ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurdish prisoners on hunger strike to protest inhuman treatment
Two Kurdish prisoners in Erbil Prison in Iraqi Kurdistan who have been convicted of killing a Turkish diplomat and an ...
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Kurdish political prisoner targeted in Erdoğan’s election victory speech defiantly evokes historic symbol of justice
Kurdish political prisoner Selahattin Demirtaş, who was directly targeted in Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's presidential election victory speech on Sunday night, ...
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