Category: War Crimes

TÜRKIYE-The repression against the Kurdish people: Human Rights Council Working Group on Universal Periodic Review

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4th cycle  –  49th session April / May 2025 MOUVEMENT CONTRE LE RACISME ET POUR L’AMITIÉ ENTRE LES PEUPLES (MRAP) Is a French organisation born of underground resistance to Nazism and fascism, it was officially founded in 1949 on the initiative of former members of the Resistance and deportees.  MRAP is member of the French…

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Human Rights, Press Freedom, Turkey, War Crimes

Attack on Civilian Settlements in Northern and Eastern Syria

Posted on By hugo dersim

E26/10/2024
Since Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the Turkish state has been bombing Sinjar, the Yazidi center
devastated by ISIS, as well as civilian areas in northeastern Syria. Citing an attack in Ankara, allegedly
carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey has launched indiscriminate bombings on
civilian zones in northeastern Syria. These attacks have hit bakeries, flour warehouses, gas stations,
highways, oil wells, and power stations using drones, warplanes, and howitzers.

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Human Rights, Syria, Turkey, War Crimes

CONFERENCE: POLITICAL PRISONERS WORLDWIDE AND IN TURKEY

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PANEL: 09:00-11:00 “Why prisons were built and what they mean for political political prisoners” “Building prisons for dissidents” “Political prisoners around the world” Speakers: Dr. Jean-Pierre Restellini – Former member of the CPT Denis O’Hearn – Director of the PhD in Sociology – University of W. USA Moderator: Elisabeth Decrey Warner -Former President of the…

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Human Rights, Prisons, War Crimes

KurdDAO Launches Fundraising Campaign in Support of Kurdish Human Rights

Posted on By 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…

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Children, Press Releases, War Crimes, Women

Written Statement: Violations of the Turkish-backed armed factions in northeastern Syrian Arab Republic

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Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention A/HRC/46/NGO/74 Written statement* submitted by Partners For Transparency, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status PDF Preamble Personal safety of civilians in northeastern Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) has become very difficult to attain due to…

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OHCHR, Syria, War Crimes

Lawyers: Tel Rifaat massacre is war crime according to international law

Posted on By Centre Kurde Genève

Lawyers from Manbij city explained that the Tel Rifaat massacre is a war crime against humanity in accordance with the international law, which considers targeting civilians a war crime, demanding the international organizations to stop the Turkish aggression and its violations against civilians in the region. The attacks of the Turkish occupation state and its…

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News, Syria, War Crimes

Roboski massacre has remained unpunished for 109 months

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The Justice for Roboski Initiative stated that families have been punished instead of murderers for 109 months, saying; “The struggle for justice is a duty for all of us.” The Justice for Roboski Initiative made a statement regarding the 109th month of the massacre in which 34 people, 19 of them children, were killed as…

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News, Turkey, War Crimes

Report of violation in Northern Syria in 2 months

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The Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria has documented more than a hundred Turkish attacks during the last 50 days on northern and eastern Syria, resulted in the killing 5 citizens and 22 wounding, displaced dozens of families. As a result of the Turkish attacks, 5 civilians were killed and 22 others were wounded, including…

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News, Reports, Syria, War Crimes