Category: Press Releases

İHD Report on the “New Human Rights Action Plan”

February 21, 2020February 26, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Justice has been working on “A New Human Rights Action Plan” since 2018. The action plan was announced to the public by the Turkish Presidency within the scope of its second 100-day action plan. It was indicated that a new initiative was underway based on the “Action Plan for the Prevention of Violations of the European Convention on Human Rights” which was actually published in the Official Gazette of 1 March 2014. İHD should, however, underline that the action plan of 2014 was not enforced.

Press Releases, Reports, Turkey

ÖHD: Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is a system issue

February 5, 2020February 8, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) denounces that 71 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Turkey had also agreed, the most fundamental human rights are still violated by Turkey on a daily basis.

News, Press Releases, Prisons, Turkey

TUAY-DER: Prisoners are constantly tortured!

December 29, 2019January 9, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The Association for Assistance to Prisoners’ Families (TUAY-DER) held a press conference at the association building on rights violations in prisons.

News, Press Releases

KMMK: The international community’s action against Turkey is needed to prevent the genocide of Kurds and other minorities

October 18, 2019October 22, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

The Kurdistan Human Rights Association calls on the international community, the UN Security Council, the United States, France, Germany and other countries opposing the Turkish military attack on the confederation in western Kurdistan in northeastern Syria.

News, Press Releases, Syria

RSF: Northeastern Syria turning into news black hole

October 15, 2019October 22, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

“Any attack on journalists is strictly prohibited under international law, which requires belligerents to protect media personnel along with humanitarian personnel and all other civilians.”

News, Press Releases, Syria

IHD-HRFT: Joint Statement on the Military Offensive into Syria

October 11, 2019October 22, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

LIFE MATTERS, WAR KILLS! WE ARE AGAINST WARS! It is, in fact, humanity itself that dies with each shot fired in wars. When you label some others enemies and dehumanize them, you actually trample on the most fundamental values of humanity.

News, Press Releases, Syria

IHD: Release Gürbüz Solmaz Now!

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

On 29 September 2019, numerous individuals have been arrested by the police following raids into their residences in Dersim early on a Sunday morning. These persons include former and current executives of Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (Halkların Demokratik Partisi –HDP) Dersim provincial organization.

News, Press Releases, Turkey

MRAP: Turkey: end repression in order to restore freedoms and rights

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Written statement*submitted by Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, a non-governmental organization on the rosterThe Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. Human Rights Council Forty-secondsession 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development

OHCHR, Press Releases, Turkey