Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
In Turkey, nearly every day men kill, sexually harrass and rape women. bianet keeps account of the stream of male violence that is reported in news agencies, national and local media every day to lay bare the extent of violence against women.
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“As seriously ill prisoners face a much more serious risk in case of an epidemic disease, we request their release by deferring the execution of their prison sentences,” said the IHD in a statement.
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Murders and violence against women did not stop in March. According to the Platform for Stopping Murders of Women (KCDP), 29 women were killed by men in March.
On Saturday, Turkish Government cut the flow from a reservoir that supplies water to areas in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province that the Kurdish-led local authorities control. The Alouk Water Station is located near the border town of Serekaniye, which Turkey and its militant proxies took control of in October 2019 during Turkey’s so called “Peace Spring Operation”.
The prisoners’ families made an application to the Ministry, the Parliament and CIMER demanding the release of prisoners as the coronavirus outbreak poses a great risk for those in prison.
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14 bar associations have criticized the 3rd Judicial Reform Package which will pave the way for the release of 100 thousand inmates while allegedly excluding political prisoners: “What makes a state powerful is its justice.”
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With the last appointment of trustees, 40 of the 65 municipalities won by HDP were replaced with trustees, 3 of which was metropolitan municipalities while the mayors of 2 province, 32 districts and 4 towns were also replaced by trustees.
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Co-spokespersons of HDP’s Foreign Affairs Commission said; “While the whole world is busy with finding ways to fight the virus, the Turkish government is using the pandemic climate as an opportunity to use the vilest forms of repression against Kurds.”
Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, co-spokespersons of HDP’s Foreign Affairs Commission, issued a written statement about the eight HDP-run municipalities seized amidst the fight against the coronavirus.
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