Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Ibrahim Gökçek, bassist of the socialist band Grup Yorum, led a death fast protest for 323 days in protest at the state repression against his group. With the protest, the 39-year-old musician demanded the lifting of the concert ban of Grup Yorum, an end to the police raids against the Idil cultural centre, the release of all imprisoned band members and the cessation of all legal proceedings.
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The ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ (KCDP) and the Women’s Assemblies issued their April 2020 Application Report. The report stated that the number of women who applied for support denouncing the violence they were exposed to has increased in April. Applications were made mostly from Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Mersin, Adana, Antalya and Kocaeli.
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Kurdistan National Congress (KNK ) prepared an information file on war intensidied against the kurds divert attention from the Turkish States Crisis. In the report you will find the topics: • Deep Economic Crisis, •AKP-MHP Repression and Counterproductive Pandemic Response, •Using the Coronavirus as a Biological Weapon Against Kurds and the Opposition, •The Symbiotic Relationship Between AKP and MHP, •Conflict Producing Foreign Policy, •Neo-Ottoman Military Misadventures with No End in Sight, •Kurds Face COVID-19 and Turkish Military Attacks, •Weaponising water in Rojava/North and East Syria During the Global Pandemic, •Erdoğan Fights for His Own Political Survival by Launching a War in Kurdistan, •The Strategic Importance of Zini Werte, •Kurdistan is Not an Instrument for Turkish Regional Power or Global Hegemony •The Appeal to the UN, European Union, European Council, and OSCE
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The Law Amending Law No. 7242 on the Enforcement of Sentences and Security Measures and Some Other Laws, known by the public as the “amnesty law” was precipitately adopted by the GNAT putting forth the obligation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 11 journalists added to the memorial this year include Saad Ahmad and Mihemed Hisen Reşo who were killed by a Turkish airstrike in northern Syria last year.
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Human Rights Association (IHD) Izmir Branch published the report of violation of rights in the city’s prisons in the last 4 months.
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This is KMMK’s monthly report, April 2020, on human rights situation in eastern Kurdistan. It summarizes key human rights issues on events during April 2020, including executions, detentions, torture and suicide. Data are collected from several sources of KMMK, including direct reports.
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The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative organized a press conference at the Human Rights Association (IHD) Ankara Branch to draw attention to the condition of ill prisoners.
