Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
On the Day of the Disappeared, the Istanbul Initiative of Saturday Mothers has once again called on the Turkish government to clarify the fate of the missing and sign the UN Convention against Disappearances.
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Village guards are involved in the cutting in the villages of Cevizdibi (Cifanê), Dağkonak (Nerex), Gilindor, Nêvava and Anıldı (Gundikê Remo) in Şırnak Cudi Mountain Region in Turkey.
Read More “Turkish State is selling the trees it cuts in Şırnak Cudi Region” »
Turkish soldiers and village guards continue to slaughter wild animals, especially mountain goats and sheep. Thousands of species live in the beautiful land of Hakkari and Van, on its high mountains, deep valleys and clear waters.
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Maria Arena, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) issued the following statement:“We are deeply shocked by the death of lawyer Ebru Timtik in an Istanbul hospital after a 238 days hunger strike. Ms Timtik was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison during a parody of justice.
Read More “Maria Arena: Tragic news on human rights defenders continue to flow from Turkey” »
The hospital, which consists of 16 rooms and 3 units, has a Laboratory Unit, breathing rooms consisting of 6 units, separate treatment units for women and men, an emergency response unit, a disinfection room and an isolation department.
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Child offender Arsalan Yassini who was arrested at the age of 17 on the charge of “premeditated murder” and sentenced to “retribution”(execution), was executed at the Orumiyeh Central Prison on August 17.
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Ceyda Yüksel, who lived in Bornova, Izmir, was murdered in her house by a man named Serkan Dindar, in the Erciş district of Van. Another woman, P.A., died in suspicious circumstances.
68-year-old Syrian woman killed in Kilis by her son-in-law.
Turkish occupation and its mercenaries are systemically continuing their atrocities’ practices against women in the occupied areas, and terrifying numbers about cases of murder, assault and kidnapping, while humanitarian organization still remain silent towards what is happening there.
Read More “Violence against women increased, ONG still remain silent” »
