Turkey: Convicted murderer known for pro-government activism escapes during transfer to prison
Reports are only just emerging that Celil Begdaş, active for four years with a pro-government group calling themselves the Diyarbakır ...
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Writers and artists call for reinstatement of Turkey-PKK peace process
A collective of 564 people, including musicians, art critics, writers, directors, actors, artists and academics, released a declaration titled "Let's ...
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Iran: Kurdish political prisoners accused of collaboration with Israel, sentenced to death
A Tehran court has sentenced four Kurdish political prisoners to death on charges of collaboration with Israel. Amid escalating tensions ...
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Turkish court extends custody of politicians in Kobani trial, rejects all defence applications
The Turkish court that is overseeing the Kobani trial has decided to extend the remand in custody of the politicians ...
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Message from Öcalan upcoming? Beware of manipulations!
Fréderike Geerdink If my Kurdish friend’s intuition is not deceiving him, we will soon hear from PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. ...
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Villagers suffer damage as Turkish drones reportedly target residential areas in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkish drones targeted residential areas in Choman (Balekayeti) in Erbil (Hewlêr) and Mawat in Sulaymaniyah (Silêmanîyê) in the Kurdistan Region ...
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Kurdish protesters flood Paris streets, accuse France of protecting Turkey in activist murders
Tens of thousands of Kurds and their allies poured into the streets of Paris on Saturday to protest against what ...
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Podcast: Baloch community’s struggle for justice under oppression
The Long March, a mass action organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee, has been taking place in Pakistan for over ...
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International bodies urged to act to end Öcalan’s incommunicado detention by Syrian Kurdish initiative
The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative in Syria has sent a letter to 11 prominent international organisations in a concerted ...
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Demirtaş to state prosecutor: ‘You are a colonialist. We are working on living together’ – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn Two days after the death of his father, who he had not been able to see since May, ...
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