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Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a statement about the detention of students and politicians in several provinces across Turkey over the past two days. At least 143 people were detained,…
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Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar makes propaganda with the PKK POWs killed in the Gare invasion. Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, who himself was a POW, says: “A state that massacres its…
Lawyer Ozgur Fayek Arul, “the attorney of the leader Ocalan,” explained that the Imrali prison system was built on conditions for imposing isolation, and now during every political and legal…
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An Iranian court has sentenced Kurdish female civil rights activist Zahra Mohammadi to five years in prison for teaching Kurdish language in the Kurdish region of Iran, sources have told…
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The two killers of Si’da al-Hirmas co-chair of the Tal Shayer Council and deputy Hind al-Khider were captured by the Anti- Terror Units of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Information available…
A twenty-year-old was allegedly shot in the back by soldiers in Van. Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları reports on the army attack, in which he was heavily injured. On 7 February, 20-year-old…
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Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to…
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Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) demonstrate the human rights violations committed by Iran against Kurds in the first month of the year as 101 have…
