Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
A delegation of several international press freedom groups was in Turkey to evaluate the state of press freedom and the rule of law in Turkey, which they found “remains in crisis”.
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Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center – 17 September Report
Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 4
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Several thousands of men, women and children of ISIS detained by the Kurdish liberation forces are in a judicial limbo – 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council to a side-event on Tuesday, 17 September 2019 – Palais des Nations – Room XXIII (13:00 to 14:00)
The unemployment rate in Turkey stood at 13% in June, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. The figure was 2.8 percentage point up from the same month last year.
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Iranian regime forces carried out yet another attack on kolbars, load carriers for daily wage who earn a living at the border between Rojhilatê (Eastern) and Bashurê (Southern) Kurdistan.
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Mustafa Akyol, former co-chair of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was jailed in Ağrı in 2011 and sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison for alleged “membership to an illegal organization”.
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Documentation Center – 14-16 September Report