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Earthquakes and Human Rights Violations in Turkey

Posted on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 By hugo dersim
Earthquakes and Human Rights Violations in Turkey

On February 6, 2023, an earthquake struck 11 provinces and northern Syria, where there is a high concentration of Kurdish Alevis. The earthquake affected Arabs, Turks, Armenians and other peoples in the region, but had devastating consequences mainly for Kurds and Alevis. The earthquake directly affected 13 and a half million people. Although the official…

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News, Press Releases, Turkey

KurdDAO Launches Fundraising Campaign in Support of Kurdish Human Rights

Posted on January 2, 2023January 9, 2023 By Centre Kurde Genève
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 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…

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Children, Press Releases, War Crimes, Women

REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS

Posted on November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 By Centre Kurde Genève
REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS  VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS

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…

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Prisons, Reports, Turkey

Repression Practices Against the Press and Journalists in Turkey

Posted on November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 By Centre Kurde Genève
Repression Practices Against the Press and Journalists in Turkey

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…

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News, Reports, Turkey

Police detain co-chair of Human Rights Organization, Öztürk Türkdoğan

Posted on March 19, 2021January 9, 2023 By admin
Police detain co-chair of Human Rights Organization, Öztürk Türkdoğan

Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of the Human Rights Organization, was arrested in the early hours of the morning in Ankara. Various HDP executives also taken into custody. The co-chairman of the Human Rights Organization (IHD), Öztürk Türkdoğan was taken into custody in the early morning hours. In the political operation carried out in the morning there…

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News, Turkey

HDP MP Gergerlioğlu stripped of parliamentary status

Posted on March 17, 2021January 9, 2023 By admin
HDP MP Gergerlioğlu stripped of parliamentary status

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament since 2018 for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) representing Kocaeli province, was found guilty in February 2018 of “spreading terrorism propaganda” on the basis of a 2016 social media post that did not advocate violence. Turkey’s top appeals court upheld the conviction and sentence of two years and…

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Open the Gates of Imralı Prison now!

Posted on March 15, 2021January 9, 2023 By admin
Open the Gates of Imralı Prison now!

Rumors are spreading on social media that Abdullah Öcalan has died in prison. The Asrin Law Office, which represents the PKK founder and other prisoners on Imralı, demands immediate communication with their clients. International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan” calls on international institutions to act immediately. The Commission on Foreign Relations of the…

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News, Press Releases, Turkey

14 Bar Associations: Hunger strikers’ demands should be fulfilled

Posted on March 15, 2021January 9, 2023 By admin
14 Bar Associations: Hunger strikers’ demands should be fulfilled

After a meeting promoted by Bingöl Bar Association, presidents of 14 bar associations in the Kurdish region released a joint statement. 14 bar associations in Turkey’s Kurdish region warned that hunger strikes in Turkish prisons have serious consequences for the health of prisoners and called for the legal demands of the prisoners to be fulfilled…

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The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to  inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….

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