Prisoners in Osmaniye No. 2 Closed Type Prison have been on hunger strike since 12 November to protest against the harassment and abuse of rights they are being submitted to.
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Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Prisoners in Osmaniye No. 2 Closed Type Prison have been on hunger strike since 12 November to protest against the harassment and abuse of rights they are being submitted to.
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Professor Marco Sassoli, an expert in international humanitarian law, said that Turkey in Northern and Eastern Syria is acting in violation of international law.
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Del Ponte said that the role of the UN in the war in Syria had actually to do only with humanitarian aid. The UN has done nothing to bring peace to Syria, she said.
The Coalition for Women in Journalism, a global solidarity group, condemned the arrest of journalists Ruken Demir and Melike Aydın.
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At least 227 civilians have been killed and 638 others wounded in Turkish occupied Afrin during the past 1,5 years.
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The Human Rights Association (IHD) Izmir branch reported the rights violations in the Aegean Region and surrounding cities between March and August 2019.
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UN Human Rights Commissioner Spokesman, Rupert Colville, said that “since a Turkish-led offensive across Syria’s northern border a month ago to push out Kurdish YPG fighters, at least 92 civilians have been killed.”
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The Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria held a press conference regarding the use of internationally prohibited weapons by the Turkish state in its military offensive launched against the region on October 9. The press conference was attended by Abdulkerim Omer, co-chair of the Foreign Relations Department, and Ciwan Mustafa, co-chair of the Health Committee.
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