Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Nebi Ilhan, who was in Siirt E Type Prison, died in the hospital where he was being treated. Nurcan Bakır, who was transferred to another prison after her participation in the hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan, has ended her life.
The Turkish regime’s repressive measures against the Kurdish press continue. İsmail Çoban, Azadiya Welat editor in chief sentenced to 7,5 years in prison. Kurdish journalist Osman Akın has been given to a suspended sentence in Turkey because of an article with the title “Repression against prisoners from Afrin”
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Violations of human rights in Turkish and Kurdish jails continue to increase. New violations of rights emerge almost on a daily basis in Van F Type, Van T Type and Van High Security prisons where political prisoners are held.
In more than forty cities in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan, women have taken to the streets to protest against a draft law on sexual abuse of minors. The ruling party AKP wants to suspend the execution of the sentence of convicted offenders if they marry their victims and the age difference between them does not exceed ten years.
The platform “We will stop the murder of women” (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, KCDP) has presented an annual report on male violence against women and children in Turkey. The platform points to the rising number of feminicide and criticises that the authorities are not as committed as women to complying with laws and the Istanbul Convention.
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Speaking on the 8th anniversary of the Roboski Massacre, HDP Ferhat Encu said: “From arrest to punishment, the State tried to make us give up the struggle [for justice] by constantly resorting to the judicial mechanism”.
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The Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) paid tribute to the victims of the Roboski Massacre at Beşiktaş Barbaros Hayrettin Square.
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For more than four months now, the Turkish state has again been relying on the total isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. We public interview with prominent lawyer and Co-Chair of IHD Eren Keskin about the situation on Imrali. She says that the Imrali system affects the whole society.
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