Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Diyadin Municipality HDP co-mayor Betül Yaşar, who was dismissed by order of the AKP-MHP government, was eventually sent to prison. Yaşar, was detained by the police in the context of the political genocide operation carried out against the party.
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The Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe (TJK-E) and Kurdish Women’s Office for Peace (CENI) condemns the arrests of dozens of activists in Amed (Diyarbakir) and Antep: An operation against democracy arrested.
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The AKP government’s hate policy towards different beliefs and cultures continues to show itself. A mosque is being built in front of the historical Seven Church and Kevork Church in Van, while only one wall remained of the church of St. Bartolomeo.
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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.