Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
The Co-chair of the Lawyers Union in al-Jazira region, Khadija Ibrahim, indicated that the will of the Kurdish women was targeted by the Turkish state, which enacted laws according to its mentality, and said: “The relevant institutions are in that sleep of death.”
The Missing Afrin Women Project is dedicated to document the crimes carried out by the mercenaries affiliated to the Turkish state in Afrin. The project has recorded over 200 cases of women abducted by mercenaries since the invasion of Afrin in March 2018.
The hunger strike launched by prisoners demanding the end of the isolation imposed in Imrali continues on day 23, with the 5th group of prisoners.
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CPJ shared its annual report about journalist and announced that 274 journalists are behind bars as of December 1 around the world. 4 journalists arrested for breaking the story about the two villagers thrown from a military helicopter in the Çatak district of Van were mentioned in the report.
The Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights issued a report entitled “Racist Policies: Escalating Violence Against Women in Turkey”, which deals with the high rates of violence that have doubled with the spread of the Corona epidemic.
Addressing the lawmakers at the General Assembly of the Parliament, HDP Kocaeli MP Gergerlioğlu has said that he cannot get an answer to his Parliamentary questions regarding the violations of rights in Turkey’s prisons.
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The lawyer of the leader Abdullah Ocalan Mazlûm Dînç pointed out they had sent their report to the European Committee against Torture (CPT), regarding the violation of international laws practiced in Imrali prison, and said,” the mission of this committee is to stop torture, not just document it.”
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Eleven political prisoners in Diyarbakir women’s prison describe the prison conditions in a letter to human rights lawyer Eren Keskin. The pandemic is being used as an alibi for degrading treatment.
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