Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
With a purple human chain and pictures of murdered women on trees, the initiative “Women’s Liberation” in Istanbul has drawn attention to the massive increase in patriarchal violence and called on the government to implement the Istanbul Convention.
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With the coronavirus pandemic, the situation in prisons in Turkey has dramatically deteriorated. Preventive measures are inadequate, and rules of distance cannot be observed.
Members of the European Parliament heavily criticized Turkey and called for an end to aid and arms sale to Turkey.
Four political prisoners in Van have been found to be infected with coronavirus. In Osmaniye, three prisoners from the Nusaybin trial went on hunger strike demanding to be granted medical treatment.
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After the Left Party, the Greens are also discussing the use of Turkish armed drones against civilians in Kurdistan. The German Parliament faction demands clarification of the share of German technology in armed drones.
The Association for Solidarity with the Prisoners’ Families (EGE TUHAY-DER) said that the restrictions imposed on prisons due to the coronavirus outbreak prevented access to health. Almost 100 ill prisoners have applied to the association in the last four months.
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Femicide and gender-based violence as systematic practice of the Turkish occupation in Afrin. Dossier compiled by Kongra Star Statistics and Research Committee Qamişlo and Women Defend Rojava campaign as part of Kongra Star Diplomacy
Dai primi minuti della mattina del 15 giugno, 60 aerei da guerra dello stato turco hanno bombardato 81 località, comprese le aree civili, a Makhmour, Sinjar, Qandil, Zap e Xakurk. I media turchi, come sempre, hanno cercato di legittimare il bombardamento affermando che era contro i “terroristi”.Nel Kurdistan settentrionale lo stato turco ha utilizzato tutti i meccanismi statali per impedire al popolo curdo di partecipare alla politica democratica.
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