Category: Children

KurdDAO Launches Fundraising Campaign in Support of Kurdish Human Rights

January 2, 2023January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

Jan. 2 2023 — Supporters of Kurdish international solidarity have come together to release KurdDAO, a non-profit fundraising DAO in coordination with the Kurdish Centre for Human Rights, initially backing projects to strengthen Kurdish women’s rights as well as raising awareness and support for Kurdish political prisoners and the spread of democratic modernity in the…

Children, Press Releases, War Crimes, Women

UNICEF: almost half of Syrian children deprived of education

January 25, 2021January 30, 2021 Centre Kurde Genève

UNICEF has revealed that half of the Syrian children are out of schools, and that almost 40% of them are girls, as the ten-year old Syrian Crisis inflicts the children heavily. Muhannad Hadi, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis and Ted Chaiban UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, released a…

Children, OHCHR

IDP child lose life by an ISIS mine in Shahba

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

A child who has been displaced to the Shahba Canton has lost his life after a mine left by ISIS was exploded.

Children, News, Syria

Three year -old child injured in bombardment on Ain Issa- Syria

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Mahmoud Zaid al-Zaidan, a three year -old child, is being injured in the bombardment by Turkish Occupation Army and the affiliated mercenaries on the Ain Issa district, to increase number of injuries to three.

Children, Syria

World Children’s Day: Uğur Kaymaz was 12 when he was murdered by soldiers

November 21, 2020November 23, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Uğur Kaymaz was murdered along with his father in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin (Merdin) in Turkey on 21 November 2004. Kaymaz was shot dead by soldiers. He was only 12 years old when he died. Thirteen bullets were found in his dead body. His mother, Makbule Kaymaz, was interviewed on the 16th year anniversary of her son’s murder. “Nothing has changed in Turkey since the murder of Uğur and the state still continues killing children”, she said.

Children, News, Turkey

World Children’s Day: Old enough to be jailed

November 20, 2020November 23, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Arin Hevi, one and a half years old, is in prison with her mother. Her father brought her a coloring book and pencils, but they were not handed over to her because she is supposedly too small for them.

Children, Prisons, Turkey

World Children’s Day: Being a Kurdish child in Turkey means detainment and prison

November 20, 2020November 23, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

World Children’s Day is 20 November, a time to reflect on the abuse of children’s rights in Turkey and around the world. According to reports prepared by civil society organisations, children’s rights violations have been increasing each year in Turkey. The Human Rights Association’s (İHD) data from April 2018, 2,491 children in prison.

Children, Prisons, Turkey

Impunity in Turkey: Police officer fined after killing two children

November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

A court has fined a police officer 19,000 Turkish lira after he killed six-year-old Furkan Yıldırım and seven-year-old Muhammed Yıldırım with a police panzer while they were sleeping in their home.

Children, News, Turkey