Category: Reports

ISIG: 188 work-related deaths in June, 920 in six months

July 10, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The Health and Safety Labor Watch (ISIG) said at least 188 workers lost their lives in the month June.

News, Syria

The situation in Turkish prisons

July 10, 2020July 15, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

With the coronavirus pandemic, the situation in prisons in Turkey has dramatically deteriorated. Preventive measures are inadequate, and rules of distance cannot be observed.

Prisons, Turkey

MEPs call for an end to arms sale to Turkey

July 9, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Members of the European Parliament heavily criticized Turkey and called for an end to aid and arms sale to Turkey.

News, Turkey

Political prisoners infected in Van with coronavirus

July 8, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Four political prisoners in Van have been found to be infected with coronavirus. In Osmaniye, three prisoners from the Nusaybin trial went on hunger strike demanding to be granted medical treatment.

Prisons, Turkey

German technology in Turkish armed drones?

July 8, 2020July 15, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

After the Left Party, the Greens are also discussing the use of Turkish armed drones against civilians in Kurdistan. The German Parliament faction demands clarification of the share of German technology in armed drones.

Syria, Turkey, War Crimes

EGE TUHAY-DER: Many ill prisoners are on the threshold of death

July 6, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The Association for Solidarity with the Prisoners’ Families (EGE TUHAY-DER) said that the restrictions imposed on prisons due to the coronavirus outbreak prevented access to health. Almost 100 ill prisoners have applied to the association in the last four months.

News, Prisons, Turkey

KHRN: Zeynab Jalalian transferred to Kerman

July 4, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian has been transferred to a prison in the province of Kerman in the southeast of the country.

Iran, Women

UN rights experts condemn secret execution of Kurdish political prisoner

July 3, 2020July 15, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

UN human rights experts today expressed outrage at reports of Iran’s secret execution of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a member of the Kurdish minority in the country. The execution reportedly took place on 11 May in a military base in Oshnavieh, West Azerbaijan Province.

Iran