Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Kurdish singer Hozan Cane has been imprisoned in Turkey for more than a year. Her daughter Gönül Dilan Örs was also jailed. A petition asks the federal government to act more decisively for the release of the two women from Cologne.
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The report on police violence in Ankara included detention, arrest, disappearance and abduction, as well as violations of demonstration and freedom of expression.
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According to the information received, a Kolbar named Ezizi Reisi was killed by the regime forces in the city of Shino within the Urmia province. It was learned that Reisi was from the village of Girdik in Mèrgewer, Urmia.
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Thousands of people gathered in front of the 12 March Stadium in Qamishlo city and staged a march to the United Nations (UN) Representation demanding the inclusion of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in the works of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.
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Operations and Attacks in Southeast…
On September 30, 2019, a person named Ferhat Şimdi, alleged to be a HPG militant, died in the clash during an operation of security forces to a house in Istasyon neighbourhood of Mardin’s Artuklu district.
On 29 September 2019, numerous individuals have been arrested by the police following raids into their residences in Dersim early on a Sunday morning. These persons include former and current executives of Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (Halkların Demokratik Partisi –HDP) Dersim provincial organization.
The two-day photographic exhibition in Kobani concluded with the aim of shedding light on the violations of the Turkish occupation against antiquities in Afrin, two days after its opening.
The 392nd sit-in organised by the Prison Commission of the Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD), was held despite the heavy police presence which prevented the action to be held in Galatasaray square. The sit-in is demanding the release of sick prisoners every week.