Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
The investigation by Jin News Agency of a rape case in the Gercüş (Kercews) district of Batman (Elih) in Turkey has revealed that 27 men – including a specialized sergeant, a police officer and village guards – were reportedly involved in the rape of a fifteen-year-old child and forced two women into prostitution.
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Prisoners in Turkey started a five-day alternating hunger strike on 27 November to protest the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and mistreatments in Turkish prisons. The strike, which started with the participation of many prisoners across several different prisons, was taken over by a third group on 7 December.
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Ayşegül Doğan, journaliste condamnée à 6 ans de prison par la justice turque.
La journaliste Ayşegül Doğan a été condamnée à 6 ans de prison. Anciennement présentatrice d’une émission sur la chaîne d’information İMC TV, fermée en octobre 2016 par décret gouvernemental, Mme Dogan avait été mise en examen du fait de ses activités journalistiques ainsi que de sa participation au Congrès pour une Société démocratique (DTK).
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A criminal complaint was filed against journalist Ayşegül Doğan, a program coordinator of İMC TV, which was closed down by a governmental decree (KHK), on the grounds of her journalistic activities and her alleged activity within the Democratic Society Congress (DTK).
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Reports are coming through of casualties during the growing protests in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq. 17-year-old Ako Selman died in Kifri, Germiyan and a 16-year-old in Chamchamal, Sulaymaniyah.
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Violence and harassment against the prisoners who are on hunger strike in Gebze Women’s Closed Prison increased after the action was launched.
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A prisoner executed and another one at the risk of execution in the coming Days. Two civil rights activists taken to prison and a Kolbar shot dead by Iranian border guards this week in Iran.
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Plus de 500 kurdes originaires du nord de la Syrie se trouvent dans les prisons turques. La plupart d’entre elles ont été kidnappées à Afrin et dans d’autres territoires occupés dans le but d’extorquer des rançons. Si elles ne peuvent pas payer, elles sont remises à la justice turque.
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