Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
365 lawyers from many countries signed a petition signed to the Supreme Court for jailed lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaş Ünsal who are on death fast. Family of Timtik appeal on people to speak out for the two lawyers.
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The Human Rights Association (IHD) Van Branch and Van Prisoners’ Families Aid and the Solidarity Association (TUHAY-DER) published a report after their visit to Van High Security, T and F type prisons.
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Out of the 18 people who were detained in political genocide operations in Amed, 9 have been imprisoned.
Read More “Politicians and activists jailed in Diyarbakir” »
Free Women’s Movement (TJA), Kurdish Women’s Movement – Europe (TJK-E), International Women’s Alliance (IWA), Women Democratic Front Pakistan (WDF), Ruba odeh Palestine, Abya Yala Feminists, National Front for Egyptian Women, Moroccan Association for Progressive Women, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan RAWA, Collective of Support for Women Prisoners in Aragon (CAMPA) launched a campaign called ‘Solidarity keeps us alive’ to demand the release of political prisoners during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
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Ibrahim Gökçek, bassist of the socialist band Grup Yorum, led a death fast protest for 323 days in protest at the state repression against his group. With the protest, the 39-year-old musician demanded the lifting of the concert ban of Grup Yorum, an end to the police raids against the Idil cultural centre, the release of all imprisoned band members and the cessation of all legal proceedings.
Read More “Grup Yorum member Gökçek dies after ending death fast” »
Human Rights Association (IHD) Izmir Branch published the report of violation of rights in the city’s prisons in the last 4 months.
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The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative organized a press conference at the Human Rights Association (IHD) Ankara Branch to draw attention to the condition of ill prisoners.
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause dead all over the world, yet the AKP-MHP government is continuing to keep political and sick prisoners in jail.