Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
A criminal complaint was filed against journalist Ayşegül Doğan, a program coordinator of İMC TV, which was closed down by a governmental decree (KHK), on the grounds of her journalistic activities and her alleged activity within the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).
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Reports are coming through of casualties during the growing protests in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. 17-year-old Ako Selman died in Kifri, Germiyan and a 16-year-old in Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah.
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A prisoner executed and another one at the risk of execution in the coming Days. Two civil rights activists taken to prison and a Kolbar shot dead by Iranian border guards this week in Iran.
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The Union of Public Sector Employees’ (UNISON’s) Falkirk Branch Chair Margaret Cook and UNISON Women’s Network Chair Pat Heron spoke to Yeni Özgür Politika about the work of women’s trade unionists in the United Kingdom and their project of women’s solidarity with Kurdish women activists against misogyny in Turkey. Heron also stated: “We should also make the British government impose sanctions on Turkey”.
Economist Çeleng Ömer from Afrin (Efrîn) University has shared images of an olive processing facility in Afrin, in northern Syria, where olive oil is produced. He reports that the revenue from this olive oil production facility – amounting to as much as 100 million USD – has been spent on militant groups.
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War crimes carried out by the Turkish state and its mercenaries, such as kidnapping, harassment, rape, slaughter of women and changes in the demographic structure are increasing by the day in occupied Afrin. The Afrin Human Rights Organization said in a statement that 28 people, including 11 women, were abducted in Afrin in the last 10 days.
A child who has been displaced to the Shahba Canton has lost his life after a mine left by ISIS was exploded.
Civilians who have been forcibly displaced in northeastern Syria as a consequence of the attacks by Turkish-backed mercenaries spoke to ANHA News Agency. They reported that the mercenaries had pillaged their villages and were refusing to let them re-enter them. Two villagers of Afrin , were kidnapped by Turkish-backed forces.
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