Category: Human Rights

Turkish Drone Strike in Kobani Reportedly Kills Nine Civilians, Including Seven Children

March 18, 2025 hugo dersim

Kobani, Syria – March 17, 2025 Turkish Drone Strike Massacres Kurdish Family in Kobani, Continuing a Legacy of Violence Kobani, Rojava – March 17, 2025 In a devastating attack overnight…

Human Rights

Report on Human Rights In Turkey / February 2025

February 24, 2025 hugo dersim

REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN TURKIYE : VIOLATIONS OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND REPRESSION AGAINST JOURNALISTS THE KURDISH COMMUNITY The Kurdish Center for Human Rights has released a…

Human Rights, Press Releases, Turkey

Apparent war crime committed by Turkish-backed Syrian National Army / HRW

February 3, 2025 hugo dersim

On January 30, 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report condemning an apparent war crime committed by Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces in northeast Syria. The incident involved…

Human Rights, Syria, Turkey

Maraş Massacre, 46 Years of Unfulfilled Justice

December 12, 2024 hugo dersim

Thursday, December 19, 2024
at 11:00 a.m.

Domaine de Penthes
Chemin de l’Impératrice 18
1292 Pregny-Chambésy

With the participation of :

Mehmet Bayrak
Kurdish author and Kurdologist

İbrahim Sinemillioğlu
Former President of the Istanbul Bar Association, lawyer representing the CHP in the Maraş Massacre Trial held in Adana in 1979

Maviş Toklu
Eyewitness of the Maraş Massacre

Fidan Yıldırım
Eyewitness of the Maraş Massacre

Prof. Mahmut Toğrul
Former HDP Gaziantep Member of Parliament, chemistry professor at Dicle University

Prof. Beyza Üstün
Advocate for labor, science, nature and freedom in Turkey, HDP’s Istanbul MP in the 25th term, environmental professor.

Activities, Human Rights, Turkey

Kayyım Appointments in Turkey

November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 hugo dersim

The appointment of trustees in place of elected Kurdish mayors in Turkey highlights the government’s ongoing hostility towards the Kurdish population. Despite discussions aimed at resolving the Kurdish issue through democratic means, the Turkish state continues to employ heavy-handed tactics, including military strikes on civilian infrastructure in Northeast Syria and Iraq, while simultaneously undermining Kurdish political representation domestically. Recent actions, such as the arrest of Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer and the removal of mayors from Mardin and Batman, exemplify a broader strategy to consolidate power and suppress dissent by criminalizing Kurdish institutions and leaders under the pretext of combating terrorism. This pattern of governance raises serious concerns about the erosion of democratic principles and human rights in Turkey.

Human Rights, Press Releases, Turkey

Silenced Voices: Human Rights Bulletin for Turkey Septembre 2024

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 hugo dersim

September Report:

Kurdish individuals faced violence and arrests in Turkey.

Rights violations and cross-border attacks on Kurdish regions continued.

Actualités, Human Rights, Reports, Turkey

TÜRKIYE-The repression against the Kurdish people: Human Rights Council Working Group on Universal Periodic Review

October 28, 2024 hugo dersim

4th cycle – 49th session April / May 2025 MOUVEMENT CONTRE LE RACISME ET POUR L’AMITIÉ ENTRE LES PEUPLES (MRAP) Is a French organisation born of underground resistance to Nazism…

Human Rights, Press Freedom, Turkey, War Crimes

Turkey Report – The repression against the Kurdish people

October 28, 2024 hugo dersim

The repression against the Kurdish people
1-INTRODUCTION
1. The report analysis the implementation of the recommendations
adopted at the third Periodic Review of Türkiye (May 2010). The
conclusion is that Türkiye has not implemented the
recommendations it accepted.

Human Rights, Reports, Turkey