Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Turkey celebrates “Working Journalists’ Day” on January 10. Numerous organizations and individuals – including President Erdogan – have spoken out on the issue of press freedom on this occasion. In…
According to statistics recorded by the Statistics and Documentation Data Center of Hengaw Human Rights Organization, during 2020, at least 17 juveniles under the age of 18 were detained by…
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The Turkish state hostility towards the Syrian people is no longer hidden. Some say it revenges the Syrians who defeated Ottoman Empire, nearly a hundred years ago after a rule…
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The trustee appointed for Diyarbakır Municipality has dismissed 84 municipal employees despite pandemic protection against dismissal. Those affected believe they are to be replaced by AKP supporters. Since Mayor Dr….
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Salt, sugar and lemon are not given to prisoners on hunger strike in Tarsus. The hunger strike launched by prisoners on 27 November against the isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s…
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Med Federation of Prisoner’ Families Legal and Solidarity Associations (MED TUHAD-FED) issued a report on rights violations in prisons in 2020. The report noted that there were not enough precautions…
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A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published today by Reporters…
The investigation launched into the attack on Kurdish workers in Sakarya province has ended. The prosecutor’s office ruled to not prosecuting the defendants for the charge of “inciting the public to…
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