Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
September 1 World Peace Day: The Demand for Peace is a Demand for Human Rights and Democracy!
On the occasion of September 1 World Peace Day,[1] we would once again like to state that we want to live in a world dominated by peace. The right to peace is a human right.
Men increasingly continue murdering women day by day. We have witnessed sheer terror with the spread on social media of the murder video that showed Emine Bulut whose throat was cut and killed by her ex-husband in the presence of her kid in Kırıkkale. More than one woman is murdered each and every day. We should fight more to prevent all women from being subjected to verbal and physical violence, murders.
Trustees Appointed to Kurdish Municipalities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van, again!
The Erdogan regime is determined in maintaining its authoritarian and unlawful rule that has been targeting the Kurdish provinces for the last three years. Since the local elections of 31 March 2019, HDP municipalities have been under constant threats and attacks of Mr Erdoganled AKP government and their ultra-nationalist MHP allies. These threats took on a further bearing on 19 August 2019 when the Ministry of Interior removed the co-mayors and disbanded the municipal assemblies of three HDP-held Kurdish metropolitan municipalities of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van.
Read More “Detailed Documents about Trusteeship Administration” »
Some news about the prisons and prisoners situation in Turkey in mont of august 2019
Human Rights Association (IHD) Adana Branch Prison Commission members met with prisoners to discuss the torture they are subjected to in Osmaniye No. 2 Closed Prison.
Jailed 62-year-old Peace Mother Mevlüde Başdaş (who has a 86% disability) was suspected of suffering from tuberculosis as she was vomiting blood and was taken to hospital from Şakran Women’s Prison. Yet doctors sent Başdaş back to prison saying there was no space in the hospital.
Read More “62-year-old Peace Mother prisoner not admitted to hospital” »
On 19 August 2019, the Ministry of Interior has released a statement early in the morning saying that Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van municipality mayors from HDP [Peoples’ Democratic Party] were removed from office and they were replaced by the governors of the same cities.
Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform issued a written statement on the invasion of trustees and the detained journalists.
Read More “MWJ Platform: “AKP detained journalists to hide the truth”” »