“I don’t know if he is dead or alive”, mother of İmralı prisoner tells international delegation
Faike Aktaş, mother of Veysi Aktaş who is held under conditions of complete incommunicado in İmralı prison alongside Kurdish leader ...
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Imprisoned HDP co-chair: Women’s legitimacy can overcome strongholds of oppressive power
The most indestructible and unshakable strongholds of oppressive power can be overcome by women's justification, legitimacy and leadership, imprisoned former ...
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Catalan musicians perform in Barcelona in support of Kurdish people
Catalan and Kurdish musicians performed on Saturday in the Catalonia Autonomous Community's capital Barcelona, to show solidarity with the Kurds ...
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Turkey must completely abolish İmralı prison system, says delegation
After three days of visits and meetings in Turkey, the International Delegation against Isolation, consisting of politicians, academics, lawyers and ...
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Women-led uprising in Iran predicted by murdered Sakine Cansız years ago
Sakine Cansız, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and one of the leading figures in the Kurdish ...
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Kurdish initiative launches new fundraising campaign for women’s projects
KurdDao, an initiative aiming to bring global solidarity and awareness to the Kurdish freedom struggle, announced in the first days ...
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New bylaws ‘first step’ towards solution in Turkey’s prisons: Human Rights Association
New regulations for sick prisoners issued by Turkey’s Justice Ministry on Monday were a “first step” towards a solution against ...
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Iran using death penalty to crush protests – report
The courts in Iran continue to use the threat of the death penalty to crush the ongoing protests in the ...
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Turkish justice ministry eases releasing of sick patients
The Turkish Ministry of Justice in a new circular eased the conditions required for the release of prisoners who are ...
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Iran sentences Kurdish writer to five years in prison
The Islamic Republic of Iran on 29 December sentenced a female Kurdish writer, Mozhgan Kavousi, to five years imprisonment over ...
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