Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
IHD Diyarbakir Chapter Minors Commission pointed out that the Turkish state has violated international treaties and said: “There are at least 743 children with their mothers in prisons.”
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Working people live more dangerously in Turkey than in other countries: At least 1923 people died at work in the previous year alone. In the past five years, dangerous jobs have cost more than 10,000 workers in Turkey – of which a quarter in the construction sector alone.
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The Mesopotamian Water Forum is an alternative civil society forum for water, an open space to give voice to those who are marginalized and excluded from the discussion about water management in the Mesopotamian region.
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The International Freedom of Expression Awards honors those who fight against censorship in the fields of art, campaign, digital activism and journalism.
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The Prison Commission of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a report regarding the critical situation in the prisons of Turkey and the ongoing hunger strikes.
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Prisons Commission released a report called “Ongoing Hunger Strike Detection and Evaluation Report on Turkey’s prisons”.
Kurdish Politician Mahmut Alinak was sentenced to 50 days in prison by the Kars Criminal Court of Peace for criticising the Imrali Prison system on February 14, 2018 and for requesting the Kars Municipality rename some streets with the names of Musa Anter, Deniz Gezmis, Vedat Aydin, Kemal Akbulut and Oruc Korkmaz.
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Asrin Law Office issued a written statement on the meeting Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan had with his brother Mehmet Ocalan.
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