TÜRKIYE : Lawyers at risk – 20 June 2024
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. …
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Report of of the human rights situation in South-East Türkiye
Written statement* submitted by Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, a non-governmental organization on the roster The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is…
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Who is Abdullah Öcalan?
Abdullah Öcalan is a Kurdish political leader seen by millions of Kurds globally as their poli tical representative. In February 1999, he was abducted in an international intelligence operation and…
Regarding Turkish State’s and Iraq’s attacks to Maxmur Refugee Camp
Maxmur camp has been targeted by the Iraqi state after the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), as a result of the impositions of the Turkish state. The Iraqi state wants to…
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Istanbul murder of street musician racially motivated, says Kurdish politician
A young Kurdish street musician was killed in Istanbul over refusing to play an ultra-nationalist Turkish anthem. Cihan Aymaz was a volunteer for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and…
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The Republic of Cyprus arrested Kenan Ayaz, a Kurdish political refugee, on March 15, 2023, following an arrest warrant issued by the German government. Kenan Ayaz, 49, spent 12 years…
HRW calls on Turkey to free, end harassment of journalists, party officials, lawyers
International groups demand the release of Kurdish journalists, lawyers, and political party officials arrested in a pre-election crackdown in Turkey. Absent any credible evidence of wrongdoing, Turkey should release dozens…
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KurdDAO Launches Fundraising Campaign in Support of Kurdish Human Rights
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…
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