Chairman of the German Central Council of Yazidis, Irfan Ortaç, said that there are at least still 2 thousand 600 Yazidi women and children missing.
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Killings of Women Platform: Murders of women increased in 2019
According to figures from the Stop the Killings of Women Platform 430 women were killed in 2019 in Turkey so far. This number continues to increase in December. According to the same platform figures, the number of women who died in 2018 was 440. This number rises with each passing year in parallel with the increase in AKP anti-women policies.
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Kavala remains in custody despite ECtHR ruling
Turkish businessman, human-rights defender and activist Osman Kavala has been behind bars since November 1, 2017, standing trial on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, based on accusations that he organized and funded nationwide protests in 2013’s Gezi protests against then-Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
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UN’s Mueller: Turkey’s offensive displaced over 200,000 people
Ursula Mueller, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator highlighted the worsening humanitarian situation for people in many parts of Syria. In a briefing to the…
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Network Against Violence Report on patriarchal violence presented in Diyarbakir
The “Network Against Violence”, an association of various women’s organisations in Amed (Diyarbakir), presented a report on violence against women at a press conference at the Human Rights Association (IHD).
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CPJ:China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt are world’s worst jailers of journalists
For the fourth consecutive year, at least 250 journalists are imprisoned globally as authoritarians like Xi Jinping, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mohammed bin Salman, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi show no signs of letting up on the critical media. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser
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IHD Batman: “Öcalan is the only person who can lead the way to peace”
Devran Yildiz co-chair of the Human Rights Association (IHD) Batman Branch, evaluated the continue isolation in Imralı. Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan is in Imralı for 20 years and has not been seen since 7 August .
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ECtHR, AI and HRW calls for the release of Osman Kavala
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given a verdict of right violation for businessperson Osman Kavala, who was detained on October 18, 2017 and has been arrested since November 1, 2017.
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