20 organizations call for urgent UN action for Afrin
20 civil and human rights organizations issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations to put an end to the crimes and violations committed by […]
Month: May 2020
Türkdoğan labels security forces violence as “systemic”
Öztürk Türkdoğan, Human Rights Associations (IHD) co-chair, “the expansion of the powers of the police and “neighbourhood guards” has led to an increasing number of […]
Hrant Dink Foundation receives death threat
The Hrant Dink Foundation said in a written statement that on 27-28 May 2020 they had received a written death threat via email which included […]
IHD exposes violation of rights in Van prisons
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Van Branch and Van Prisoners’ Families Aid and the Solidarity Association (TUHAY-DER) published a report after their visit to Van […]
Impunity makes children the target of security forces
In Kurdish provinces children are not just the target of state forces such as police or soldiers. In 2010, the state took a step which […]
Maxmur Camp doctors struggle because of the embargo
The Iraqi state medical center in Maxmur is not enough to cope with all needs. In the event of serious health problems and even for […]
Turkish soldiers attack graveyard and a mausoleum in Hasankeyf
The Turkish state systematically targets graveyards and tombs but this time destroyed a mausoleum and tombs in the village of Günesli in Hasankeyf. The Turkish […]
SOHR: Erdogan sent over 10,000 Syrian mercenaries to Tripoli
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that new batch of 500 Turkish-backed mercenaries has arrived in Libyan territory in order to join the […]