Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Yazidi society has been subjected to many genocidal attacks and genocides throughout history. The Yazidis were massacred by ISIS gangs most recently, and are now under attack from the invading Turkish state and their allied gangs in Afrin.
Kurdish woman Sisê Bingol, an 85-year-old woman arrested by the AKP regime who has an approved 4 year 2 month sentence that she is serving in the Tarsus Type T Closed Women’s Prison. Sisê Bingol said, “Take me out of here and to my village before I die.”
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There are a total of 181 bodies who have been buried in the cemetery of the nameless in Malatya after being held in the Malatya Forensic Medicine Institution, which is one of the centers that bodies of persons who lose their lives in clashes in Kurdistan are taken to.
Lawyer Newroz Uysal spoke about the Cizre basements case to be heard at the European Court of Human Rights on November 13 and said the verdict will affect similar ongoing cases: “A verdict in our favor at the end of this process will increase the will to fight back for both lawyers and families.”
The case about the massacres and violations in Cizre during the self-governance resistances was heard in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today. The appeals for Omer Elci and Orhan Tunc, who lost his life in the massacre, were chosen as pilot cases from among over 30 others.
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Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed Branch Prison Commission released a statement about a child prisoner being physically assaulted by a guard at Diyarbakir Children and Youth Penal Institution.
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A civilian abducted by the Turkish army and their allied gangs spoke about the torture he was subjected to. The civilian who wishes to remain anonymous said women were resisting torture.
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The security camera recordings that showed detainees being tortured in Nusaybin have been erased. Prisoner Hamit Acun spoke in the hearing of the Nusaybin Case and said there was a dignified stance in the name of humanity in Nusaybin. Acun said, “I won’t give up my ideas” and spoke about how they were tortured.
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