Tag: geneva

Stop the War Against the Kurds!Stand for Peace, Justice, and Freedom

January 22, 2026 hugo dersim

Solidarity with the Kurdish People The Transitional Government in Damascus, dominated by members of the former al-Qaida affiliate Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), is once again using violence to consolidate control…

Human Rights, Press Freedom, Syria, Turkey, War Crimes

Maraş Massacre, 46 Years of Unfulfilled Justice

December 12, 2024 hugo dersim

Thursday, December 19, 2024
at 11:00 a.m.

Domaine de Penthes
Chemin de l’Impératrice 18
1292 Pregny-Chambésy

With the participation of :

Mehmet Bayrak
Kurdish author and Kurdologist

İbrahim Sinemillioğlu
Former President of the Istanbul Bar Association, lawyer representing the CHP in the Maraş Massacre Trial held in Adana in 1979

Maviş Toklu
Eyewitness of the Maraş Massacre

Fidan Yıldırım
Eyewitness of the Maraş Massacre

Prof. Mahmut Toğrul
Former HDP Gaziantep Member of Parliament, chemistry professor at Dicle University

Prof. Beyza Üstün
Advocate for labor, science, nature and freedom in Turkey, HDP’s Istanbul MP in the 25th term, environmental professor.

Activities, Human Rights, Turkey

Earthquakes and Human Rights Violations in Turkey

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 hugo dersim

On February 6, 2023, an earthquake struck 11 provinces and northern Syria, where there is a high concentration of Kurdish Alevis. The earthquake affected Arabs, Turks, Armenians and other peoples…

News, Press Releases, Turkey

The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….