Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Öztürk Türkdoğan, Human Rights Associations (IHD) co-chair, “the expansion of the powers of the police and “neighbourhood guards” has led to an increasing number of attacks on the population in recent weeks” said.
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The Hrant Dink Foundation said in a written statement that on 27-28 May 2020 they had received a written death threat via email which included the phrase ‘We may turn up one night, when you least expect it’, a slogan used boastfully in certain circles, and the very same slogan people were well used to hearing before Hrant Dink was so publicly assassinated, and with the knowledge of official bodies, on 19 January 2007.
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Van Branch and Van Prisoners’ Families Aid and the Solidarity Association (TUHAY-DER) published a report after their visit to Van High Security, T and F type prisons.
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In Kurdish provinces children are not just the target of state forces such as police or soldiers. In 2010, the state took a step which turned “children who were throwing stones” and who were under 15 into “children who were pushed into crime”.
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The Iraqi state medical center in Maxmur is not enough to cope with all needs. In the event of serious health problems and even for routine checks for chronic illnesses, the population used to rely on hospitals in Hewlêr (Erbil), sixty kilometers away.
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The Turkish state systematically targets graveyards and tombs but this time destroyed a mausoleum and tombs in the village of Günesli in Hasankeyf. The Turkish flag was hung on the trees in the graveyard.
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that new batch of 500 Turkish-backed mercenaries has arrived in Libyan territory in order to join the military operations on the side of the “Government of National Accord” against the “Libyan National Army”.
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The embargo imposed on Makhmur Refugees Camp has been going on for ten months. Yet people repeat the same maxim they used to say: “We will not surrender to the policy of the enemy, no matter what may come.”
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