Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Almost 2,000 Yazidi children who have returned to their families after being held captive by the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) are facing a physical and mental health crisis, Amnesty International warned in a new report published today.
Read More “Yazidi child survivors of IS facing unprecedented health crisis” »
Pressures on political prisoners in Turkey and Kurdistan jails continue to increase. Sick prisoners in Sincan Women’s Closed Prison are not transferred to the hospital.
Read More “Women prisoners expose rights violations in Sincan jail” »
Turkish police have prevented Istanbul’s Saturday Mothers from demanding justice for their missing relatives in Galatasaray Square. The vigil was to be held for the 800th time today.
Read More “Police attack Saturday Mothers at the 800th week of action” »
The Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe (TJK-E) and Kurdish Women’s Office for Peace (CENI) condemns the arrests of dozens of activists in Amed (Diyarbakir) and Antep: An operation against democracy arrested.
Read More “Another wave of arrests against women activists: Political genocide in Turkey” »
Iranian authorities sentenced Zara Mohammadi to a 10-year prison sentence.
Read More “10 years in prison for the Kurdish language teacher in Iran” »
With a purple human chain and pictures of murdered women on trees, the initiative “Women’s Liberation” in Istanbul has drawn attention to the massive increase in patriarchal violence and called on the government to implement the Istanbul Convention.
Read More ““Femicide rate in Turkey resembles a war record”” »
In response to reports about Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalalian and two human rights defenders, Soheila Hijab and Narges Mohammadi, who have deprived emergency medical treatment for the coronavirus, Amnesty International called on Iranian authorities to provide them with immediate medical care.
