Murders and violence against women did not stop in March. According to the Platform for Stopping Murders of Women (KCDP), 29 women were killed by men in March.
Category: Reports
KRC: Turkish Government cut water supplies A violation of IHL who can be fatal of thousands of people.
On Saturday, Turkish Government cut the flow from a reservoir that supplies water to areas in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province that the Kurdish-led local authorities control. The Alouk Water Station is located near the border town of Serekaniye, which Turkey and its militant proxies took control of in October 2019 during Turkey’s so called “Peace Spring Operation”.
Families launch petition demanding release of prisoners
The prisoners’ families made an application to the Ministry, the Parliament and CIMER demanding the release of prisoners as the coronavirus outbreak poses a great risk for those in prison.
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Regional bar associations: No crime discrimination in execution
14 bar associations have criticized the 3rd Judicial Reform Package which will pave the way for the release of 100 thousand inmates while allegedly excluding political prisoners: “What makes a state powerful is its justice.”
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House arrest and ban on leaving the country for HDP mayors
With the last appointment of trustees, 40 of the 65 municipalities won by HDP were replaced with trustees, 3 of which was metropolitan municipalities while the mayors of 2 province, 32 districts and 4 towns were also replaced by trustees.
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HDP: Instead of fighting coronavirus AKP fights Kurds
Co-spokespersons of HDP’s Foreign Affairs Commission said; “While the whole world is busy with finding ways to fight the virus, the Turkish government is using the pandemic climate as an opportunity to use the vilest forms of repression against Kurds.”
Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, co-spokespersons of HDP’s Foreign Affairs Commission, issued a written statement about the eight HDP-run municipalities seized amidst the fight against the coronavirus.
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Bingöl Bar Association: Deciding on government orders is a constitutional crime
Bingöl Bar Association President Hanifi Budancamanak, who stated that some illegal actions were carried out in the judiciary said: “It is a constitutional crime to make a decision or to establish an unfair action in line with the demand and instructions of the government.”
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Report confirms prisoners not given masks, gloves, disinfectant
The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) and MED Federation of Solidarity Associations with Families of Prisoners (MED-TUHAD FED) visited 12 prisons in the cities of Nortth Kurdistan amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus in Turkey and compiled a report to expose the situation and denounced that prisoners are not given masks and disinfectants.
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