For the third season in a row, the Afrin displaced or those who are still in Afrin, are deprived of their most important source of livelihood, olive trees.
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Two workers from Maxmur refugee camp controversially imprisoned by the KDP
Two workers from Maxmur refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan, Mahîr Sêrtî and Eşref Korhan, were imprisoned by the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) Asayish security organisation on 25 September whilst on their way to work.
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Key figure in Suruç suicide attack case avoids prosecution
The 16th hearing of the case, in which 33 people lost their lives in an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide attack on 20 July 2015, was held at the Urfa Courthouse 5th Criminal Court. The decision has been made not to prosecute Abdullah Ömer Aslan, one of the key figures in the Suruç suicide attack case.
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453 women killed in Turkey over the last 10 months
Four hundred and fifty-three women were killed in Turkey in the first 10 months of the year, according to a report by the the Centre for Sociopolitical Field Studies. The report is prepared by collecting data from various websites, such as the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, Bianet, Jîn News, and the Mesopotamia News Agency.
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125 children, 4 women from ISIS handed over to their countries
The Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria handed over 125 children and four foreign women of ISIS families to representatives of their countries.
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Kurdish play ‘Bêrû’ banned for the second time
The Şanlıurfa Bar Association has announced that the governorship has banned the Kurdish play Bêrû (Faceless).The Bar Association said that Bêrû, which was expected to be staged in the Tahir Elçi Conference Hall on 14 November, was banned indefinitely by the decision of the Şanlıurfa Governorship in the city centre and other districts on 13 November.
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Journalist Aziz Oruç: You are a journalist, no matter where you are
Recently released from Patnos Prison in eastern Turkey, journalist Aziz Oruç defines the outside world as “a partial freedom” and adds: “We need to foster journalists’ solidarity regardless of who works for which newspaper.”
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Human Rights Org: occupation begins with building settlements in Yazidi villages of occupied Afrin
According to the information published by the Afrin’s Human Rights Organization on its official page, the Turkish occupation army began establishing settlements in the Yazidi village of Bafloun, located in Shara district, under the name “Ta’awn Camp.”