Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
This is KMMK’s monthly report, November 2020, on the human rights situation in eastern Kurdistan. This report summarizes key human rights issues on events during November 2020, including executions, detentions, homicide, Police shootings and state terrorism and violence. Data is collected from several sources of KMMK, including direct reports.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the invading Turkish state and its gangs stole historical artifacts on the hill of Til Helef, 3 kilometers southwest of the occupied Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) city.
Read More “SOHR: Turkish state conducted excavations on Til Helef in Serekaniye” »
The International Association of Victims of Terrorism in Belgium is planning to operate in the NES regions for supporting victims of terrorism and rehabilitating them, be a link between the victims and the world, and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes, according to the director of the association.
Read More “International Association of Victims of Terrorism to operate in NE Syria” »
To All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York
Read More “Joint Call on States to Support the Resolution on Human Rights in Iran” »
The foreign ministers of European countries expressed their annoyance over Turkey’s actions in the eastern Mediterranean, Libya and Cyprus, while they postponed imposing sanctions on Ankara to the meeting on Thursday.
Read More “European Union: Turkey’s actions exacerbate the dispute” »
The Constitutional Court rejected the demand to release seriously ill prisoner Abdullah Turan, who is paralyzed from the neck down, despite a report confirming that he cannot stay in prison.
Read More “Seriously ill prisoner Turan remains in prison” »
The investigation by Jin News Agency of a rape case in the Gercüş (Kercews) district of Batman (Elih) in Turkey has revealed that 27 men – including a specialized sergeant, a police officer and village guards – were reportedly involved in the rape of a fifteen-year-old child and forced two women into prostitution.
Read More “Broadcast ban on Jin News’ reporting of a rape case in Batman, Turkey” »
Prisoners in Turkey started a five-day alternating hunger strike on 27 November to protest the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and mistreatments in Turkish prisons. The strike, which started with the participation of many prisoners across several different prisons, was taken over by a third group on 7 December.
Read More “Lawyer Köklü: strikers’ demands are legal and legitimate” »