Author: Centre Kurde Genève

KurdDAO Launches Fundraising Campaign in Support of Kurdish Human Rights

January 2, 2023January 9, 2023 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…

Children, Press Releases, War Crimes, Women

REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS

November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

This report is prepared by Kurdish Center for Human Rights. This report includes sensitive and confidential data of individuals. Please let us know in order to share or publish it. 15, Rue des Savoises 1205 Genève Tel (022) 328 19 84 info@kurd-chr.ch | www.kurd-chr.ch kurd-chr |Centre kurde des droits de l’homme 15, Rue des Savoises…

Prisons, Reports, Turkey

Repression Practices Against the Press and Journalists in Turkey

November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

As the 2023 elections approach in Turkey, the AKP-MHP government’s crackdown on dissent, especially against the Kurds, is increasing. As a result of the economic, social and political crisis in Turkey, reactions against the government are rising. In order to divert these reactions, repressive methods are increasing in intensity. International legal norms and principles of…

News, Reports, Turkey

Iran must halt imminent execution of Kurdish prisoner – UN experts

September 3, 2021January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

Persian version GENEVA (3 September 2021) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani and repeal his death sentence amid serious concerns that he did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention. “The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the…

Iran, OHCHR

Human Rights Council Forty-seventh session 21 June–9 July 2021 Agenda item 3

June 26, 2021January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/47/NGO/90 Distr.: General 14 June 2021 Human Rights Council Forty-seventh session 21 June–9 July 2021 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development 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…

Femmes, OHCHR

Press briefing notes on Turkey

June 26, 2021January 9, 2023 Centre Kurde Genève

Turkey’s announcement at the weekend that it was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention, an important regional human rights treaty on combatting all forms of violence against women, highlights wider concerns regarding the human rights situation in the country, notably the shrinking of civic space and the lack of meaningful and democratic participation in decision making….

OHCHR, Turkey