Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
World Children’s Day is 20 November, a time to reflect on the abuse of children’s rights in Turkey and around the world. According to reports prepared by civil society organisations, children’s rights violations have been increasing each year in Turkey. The Human Rights Association’s (İHD) data from April 2018, 2,491 children in prison.
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The Turkish state arrested Silêman Mele Şêxo, who was injured in the bombing it carried out against the village of Bigdadê in Kani Masi in South Kurdistan.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed that Turkey’s continued detention of the co-chair of the HDP and eight other parliamentarians is a reminder of the ability of the executive authority in Turkey to influence the judicial procedures.
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Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…: It is learned from the news coverage of November 18, 2020 that, in Ağrı Patnos L Type Prison, prisoners were not given hot water and the water provided was dirty.
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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has kidnapped 20 civilians from the Maxmur Refugee Camp in Başûr Kurdistan since last October 11, and according to the Member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Ishtar Council, Laila Arzo Ayhan, the kidnapped were locked up with ISIS mercenaries in a prison in Erbil (Hewler).
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In the trial against Kurdish politician Leyla Güven, the public prosecutor’s office has requested a sentence of up to 25 years in prison for “founding and directing a terrorist organization”, although the main prosecution witness withdrew her statement.
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The Kurkut family responded to the acquittal in the case of Kemal Kurkut, a 23-year-old university student who was murdered by a policeman in the Newroz celebration in Amed (Diyarbakir) in 2017, stating that justice is once again murdered.
Sexual Assault of Security Staff at Repatriation Center in Van…: It is learned from the news coverage of November 14, 2020 that, an Iranian woman Z. M. who was kept in Kurubaş Repatriation Center of Provincial Directorate of Migration Management in Van, was subjected to sexual assault of 2 security officers (İ. H. K. and Y. V.) on July 26, 2020.
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