Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Ziya Ataman, a reporter for Dicle News Agency (DİHA) which was shut down through a Statutory Decree, was arrested on 11 April 2016, accused of “participating in an operation of a terrorist organization”. Police detained Ataman after he covered a protest in the city of Van, in eastern Turkey. He has been imprisoned in Van High Security Prison for over three years.
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Oktay Er was hit by a Turkish military armored vehicle on the main street in Göktepe village in Dersim’s Mazgirt district. The 22-year-old was run over by the military vehicle while crossing the road. While Er lost his life at the scene, his body was sent to Malatya for an autopsy.
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Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center – 21-23 September Report
Report by Foreign Relations Department North and East Syria – The Turkish occupation and its mercenaries proceed with their savage and immoral actions in Afrin (kidnaping, killings, burning of trees and forests, taxes and demographic changes) thus violating all humanitarian and international laws and covenants.
Read More “Violation of the Turkish Occupation and its Mercenaries in Afrin, 1-31 August 2019” »
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center – 20 September Report
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center – 19 September Report
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center – 18 September Report
Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been under embargo for 62 days since the attack on a restaurant in Hewlêr targeting Turkish consulate employees.