Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Serious violations of basic human rights in regards to the right of life are increasing at an alarming rate in Turkey in recent months. In the latest incident, soldiers opened fire on three youngsters who had travelled to their village, Anadağ (Bêruh) in Derecik district of Hakkari (Colemêrg) to pick acorns and have a picnic at 3pm on the afternoon of November.
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Democratic Local Authorities Board member and Tevgera Jinên Azad (TJA) activist Sevil Rojbin Çetin was taken to Mardin prison after being tortured by police using dogs for three hours during the political genocide operation carried out in her home on June 27 in Amed. Prisoner Rojbin Çetin, who is suffering from cancer, is not being treated.
Four prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on Thursday October 29,2020.
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The people of Şengal renewed their demands on the Iraqi federal government regarding the agreement signed regarding the security and administrative conditions in Şengal, and emphasized the necessity of accepting the Autonomous Administration Council and Asayîşa Êzîdxanê within a legal framework.
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Taher Rafat, a civilian of Orumiyeh, who was arrested by security forces in April of last year, is still being held indecisively in dormitory 1-2 of Orumiyeh Central Prison.
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The Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul branch prisoners commission held its 453rd “F Session” to draw attention to the situation of ill prisoners, through social media.
Five years after the killing Tahir Elçi, at the scene of the crime in the old cental district of Sur, the Amed Bar Association remembered the human rights lawyer: “Your dream of a democratic, free and peaceful life is also our dream.”
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Commenting on the implementation of a systematic isolation on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, Human Rights Association (IHD) co-chair Öztürk Türkdoğan said that a democratization in Turkey will not be possible as long as the war policies and isolation remain. Türkdoğan stated that the isolation imposed on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan is unlawful and “Imralı Prison must be closed”.