Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
In the state hospital of Hakkari in Northern Kurdistan a racism scandal is looming. Hundreds of Kurdish women are reporting racist treatment by a doctor and coercion to terminate their pregnancy.
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The monuments of Afrin city had been looted and destroyed by Turkish occupation and its mercenaries, since two years, amid international silent. Since the second day of the attacks by the Turkish occupation army and its mercenaries on Afrin canton, which launched on January 18, 2018, the Temple of Ain Dara archaeological temple was targeted by Turkish air strikes, after the raids, UNESCO issued a statement expressing its concern about the attacks, but the latter has intensified its attacks.
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One displaced woman says she sows the hope of returning in the hearts of her children, who continue to ask, “When are we going home?” She says she’ll struggle till returning to our homes in Serêkaniyê.”
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Kinyas Başak from TUHAY-DER Van Branch said that the rights violations in prisons have gone beyond isolation and reached the level of torture.
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Political prisoners who were deported from Tekirdağ T Type Prison, which is planned to be converted into a woman and child prison, were subjected to harassment and strip searches.
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After the recent attacks on Serêkaniyê countryside and Tel-Tamr, a new batch of displaced people arrived at Washokani camp, while the camp administration explained that the only demand of the displaced from international and humanitarian organizations is to return to their areas and homes, but with international guarantees.
Speaking at the Kurdish Conference at the European Parliament, mother of Hevrin Khalaf called on women of the world to join hands against the Erdoğan regime.
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The Turkish authorities’ removal and arrest of democratically elected Kurdish mayors across southeastern Turkey violates voters’ rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The Turkish government is intensifying its attack on the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) by removing the mayors and preventing the functioning of elected local councils across Turkey’s southeast.