Tag: Political Prisoners

Female political prisoners in Iran's Evin Prison have declared their support for a general strike marking the second anniversary of ...

Human rights organisations in Turkey have condemned the use of "good behaviour" criteria in prisons that blocked the release of ...

Kurdish politician Abdulmelîk Okyay (71) died on 12 September, the day he was supposed to be released from the Erzurum ...

Multiple international petitions are calling for the immediate release of Kurdish women’s rights activist Pakhshan Azizi and protesting the death ...

The release of two political prisoners in Turkey has been delayed for the fourth time due to their refusal to ...

Turkey's Prison Administrative and Observation Boards (PAOBs) are increasingly under scrutiny for their role in delaying the release of prisoners, ...

Turkey’s justice system is under increasing scrutiny for its treatment of elderly and sick Kurdish prisoners, with human rights groups ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi were both injured during a violent crackdown by Iranian ...

The death sentences of Kurdish women's activists Pakhshan Azizi and Sharifeh Mohammadi were protested by the Association of Women Journalists ...

The Turkish government has been accused of prioritising control over the addressing of crises, such as the recent wildfires, by ...