The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center publich daily human Rights Report beetween 1 – 6 January 2020
HRFT Report on Turkey
Category: Reports
Women protest against ‘child abuse amnesty’
In more than forty cities in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan, women have taken to the streets to protest against a draft law on sexual abuse of minors. The ruling party AKP wants to suspend the execution of the sentence of convicted offenders if they marry their victims and the age difference between them does not exceed ten years.
KMMK Report of Human Rights in December 2019
This report on the situation of human rights in December 2019, in the east of Kurdistan is that the working population, human rights, Kurdistan, according to multiple reports, the human rights organization round is collected.
KCDP Platform: 474 women murdered in Turkey in 2019
The platform “We will stop the murder of women” (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, KCDP) has presented an annual report on male violence against women and children in Turkey. The platform points to the rising number of feminicide and criticises that the authorities are not as committed as women to complying with laws and the Istanbul Convention.
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Elimination of Violence Against Women: Dozens of women murdered or committed suicide in South Kurdistan
According to South Kurdistan Organisation for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, at least 35 women were murdered in the first 9 months of 2019. 57 women committed suicide and 207 others immolated themselves. A balance sheet for the entire year is not available yet.
Encu: We won’t give up our struggle for justice
Speaking on the 8th anniversary of the Roboski Massacre, HDP Ferhat Encu said: “From arrest to punishment, the State tried to make us give up the struggle [for justice] by constantly resorting to the judicial mechanism”.
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IHD paid tribute to victims of Roboski in Istanbul
The Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) paid tribute to the victims of the Roboski Massacre at Beşiktaş Barbaros Hayrettin Square.
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Keskin: Isolation at Imrali affects the entire society
For more than four months now, the Turkish state has again been relying on the total isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. We public interview with prominent lawyer and Co-Chair of IHD Eren Keskin about the situation on Imrali. She says that the Imrali system affects the whole society.
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