UN human rights experts* noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained peace in the region. They are nonetheless concerned by the use of mercenaries in and around the conflict zone until this agreement was reached, and expressed alarm at the devastating consequences for the civilian population, with little prospects of accountability.
Month: November 2020
The mechanism that power is trying to repeal: The Co-Chair system
The first article in the Co-Chair system series was entitled “A mechanism that dismantles the power: Co-chair system”. It examined the system that has been implemented by Kurdish political parties for the first time in Turkey, from past to present, to ensure full equality of women and men in politics and it examined the manner in which this political system has transformed politics in Turkey.
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Les yézidis de Shengal appellent à des sanctions contre la Turquie
Les organisations yézidies appellent l’ONU, les États-Unis et l’Union européenne à « prendre des mesures immédiates contre les frappes aériennes de la Turquie dans la région de Shengal ».
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Amputation of Kolbar following landmine explosion in Piranshahr
On the evening of Saturday, November 7, a Kurdish border porter–known as Kolbar- named ‘Saber Khezri’ was injured following a landmines Explosion In the border mountain of “Mirgeh Drijan” Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan province’, a local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).
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Unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey bomb Barê in Sinjar
A Yazidi (Êzîdî) town in Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan was bombed by unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey. Call of Yazidis in PDF
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Saturday Mothers seek justice in their 815th action
Human rights defenders and relatives of missing persons continue to demand answers regarding the fate of those who were disappeared by the state under custody in Turkey.
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UK politicians, unionists, activists sign appeal Senators table question about Er and Dağ
An appeal for the annulment of the death sentence for Abdurrahman Er and Mazlum Dağ has been signed by politicians, unionists, MPs, activists in the UK. Senators of the Parliamentary Group Esquerra Republicana – Euskal Herria Bildu at the Spanish Parliament have tabled a question to the Spanish Government about the death sentence.
Iran temporarily releases lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh from prison
Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been temporarily released from a prison in Tehran. She was jailed two years ago on spying and propaganda charges.
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