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Category: Turkey

Regarding Turkish State’s and Iraq’s attacks to Maxmur Refugee Camp

Posted on June 3, 2023 By hugo dersim
Regarding Turkish State’s and Iraq’s attacks to Maxmur Refugee Camp

Maxmur camp has been targeted by the Iraqi state after the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), as a result of the impositions of the Turkish state. The Iraqi state wants to surround the camp with hundreds of soldiers, police and gendarmes, military and bulldozers, and to surround the Ertus refugee camp with wire fences. The Turkish…

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Iraq, Turkey

International groups demand release of Kurdish journalists, lawyers, party officials

Posted on April 27, 2023 By hugo dersim
International groups demand release of Kurdish journalists, lawyers, party officials

International groups demand the release of Kurdish journalists, lawyers, and political party officials arrested in Turkey in a pre-election crackdown. Media freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights organisations called on Turkish authorities to stop the systematic harassment and intimidation of Kurdish journalists, media workers, media outlets, the lawyers that defend them, and Kurdish political…

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Press Freedom, Press Releases, Turkey

HRW calls on Turkey to free, end harassment of journalists, party officials, lawyers

Posted on April 27, 2023 By hugo dersim
HRW calls on Turkey to free, end harassment of journalists, party officials, lawyers

International groups demand the release of Kurdish journalists, lawyers, and political party officials arrested in a pre-election crackdown in Turkey. Absent any credible evidence of wrongdoing, Turkey should release dozens of Kurdish  journalists,  political party officials, and lawyers arrested in raids on April 25, 2023,  in advance of the May 14 national elections, 18 organizations…

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Press Releases, Turkey

Earthquakes and Human Rights Violations in Turkey

Posted on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 By hugo dersim
Earthquakes and Human Rights Violations in Turkey

On February 6, 2023, an earthquake struck 11 provinces and northern Syria, where there is a high concentration of Kurdish Alevis. The earthquake affected Arabs, Turks, Armenians and other peoples in the region, but had devastating consequences mainly for Kurds and Alevis. The earthquake directly affected 13 and a half million people. Although the official…

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News, Press Releases, Turkey

REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS

Posted on November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 By Centre Kurde Genève
REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS  VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS

This report is prepared by Kurdish Center for Human Rights. This report includes sensitive and confidential data of individuals. Please let us know in order to share or publish it. 15, Rue des Savoises 1205 Genève Tel (022) 328 19 84 info@kurd-chr.ch | www.kurd-chr.ch kurd-chr |Centre kurde des droits de l’homme 15, Rue des Savoises…

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Prisons, Reports, Turkey

Repression Practices Against the Press and Journalists in Turkey

Posted on November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 By Centre Kurde Genève
Repression Practices Against the Press and Journalists in Turkey

As the 2023 elections approach in Turkey, the AKP-MHP government’s crackdown on dissent, especially against the Kurds, is increasing. As a result of the economic, social and political crisis in Turkey, reactions against the government are rising. In order to divert these reactions, repressive methods are increasing in intensity. International legal norms and principles of…

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News, Reports, Turkey

Press briefing notes on Turkey

Posted on June 26, 2021January 9, 2023 By Centre Kurde Genève
Press briefing notes on Turkey

Turkey’s announcement at the weekend that it was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention, an important regional human rights treaty on combatting all forms of violence against women, highlights wider concerns regarding the human rights situation in the country, notably the shrinking of civic space and the lack of meaningful and democratic participation in decision making….

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OHCHR, Turkey

Police detain co-chair of Human Rights Organization, Öztürk Türkdoğan

Posted on March 19, 2021January 9, 2023 By admin
Police detain co-chair of Human Rights Organization, Öztürk Türkdoğan

Öztürk Türkdoğan, co-chair of the Human Rights Organization, was arrested in the early hours of the morning in Ankara. Various HDP executives also taken into custody. The co-chairman of the Human Rights Organization (IHD), Öztürk Türkdoğan was taken into custody in the early morning hours. In the political operation carried out in the morning there…

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The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to  inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….

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