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Back to homepageLawyer Timtik’s health worsening on 183rd day of death fast 0
Türkmen visited Timtik in Silivri Prison 6 days ago and said that she has found her very weak. Her face bones were visible and she had difficulty in focusing
Read MoreFreedom for Ocalan 0
As trade unionists and internationalists, we understand that nothing builds solidarity like a shared struggle and a shared experience
Read Moreİlhan Sami Çomak. The Poet Turkey Fears 0
SPEAK UP, the Turkish human rights platform based in Istanbul, Diyarbakır and Eskişehir, have recently released their interview with İlhan Sami Çomak, the Kurdish poet, unjustly imprisoned since 1994
Read MoreHunger strikes in Turkish prisons 0
Political prisoners in Mardin and Urfa went on an indefinite hunger strike against the unbearable conditions of detention.
Read MoreTurkish drones killed three women in Kobanê 0
On 23 June, three activists of the women’s movement in north-east Syria were killed as a result of a drone attack carried out by Turkey in the village of Helincê (Halinja) near Kobanê
Read MoreSanciones de EEUU a la Corte Penal Internacional: reacción colectiva de 67 Estados 0
El pasado 11 de junio, Estados Unidos anunció oficialmente sanciones contra el personal de la Corte Penal Internacional
Read MoreMacer Gifford. “The Ordinary Man who went to War Against ISIS” 0
Macer Gifford (Kurdish name) is the former British currency trader who fought with the Kurdish YPG militia against the Islamic State. Gifford fought with the YPG in 2015 and in 2016
Read MoreInterview: Civil Defense Forces commanders on community policing in North and East Syria 0
Zibeda Eli commands the Civil Defense Forces in Qamishlo and the Jazira region, while Samira Mihemed is the commander of the all-female Women’s Civil Defense Forces (HPC-Jin) in Qamishlo
Read MoreMeral Çiçek on the bombing of Maxmur Refugee Camp 0
Dr. Jeff Miley interviewed Meral Çiçek about the recent Turkish bombing of the Maxmur Refugee Camp and Sinjar (Shengal)
Read MoreTurkey’s Constitutional Court rules that jailing Demirtaş violates his rights 0
Selahattin Demirtaş has been in jail since November 2016 on terrorism-related charges. He faces a sentence of up to 142 years in jail if found guilty in the main case against him.
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Turkey is Working To Pursue Societal Violence Against Religious Minorities in Syria
In a report on June 9, Genocide Watch described the deportation of residents in the territories under the control of Turkish government as a crime against humanity
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Estados Unidos ordena sanciones contra el personal de la Corte Penal Internacional
En la Orden Presidencial adoptada (véase texto completo), se puede leer en los considerandos que para el actual ocupante de la Casa Blanca, la CPI se ha convertido en una verdadera amenaza para Estados Unidos
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Iran – Still Executing Kurds
The Iranian regime, with its Revolutionary Guards at the helm, once again comes under international scrutiny for its disappearance and execution of political prisoners with little interest in due process
Read MoreDawit Isaak: DAY 6833 – Still Disappeared 0
Betlehem Isaak, Dawit Isaak’s daughter, was seven years old when her father, along with ten other journalists and eleven other reformist politicians were arrested. She says she has vivid memories of the day he was arrested
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Racismo en Estados Unidos: llamado conjunto de varios mecanismos de derechos humanos de Naciones Unidas
Statement on the Protests against Systemic Racism in the United States, firmado por 44 mecanismos no convencionales de Naciones Unidas, y circulado este 5 de junio del 2020
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MAS ALLÁ DEL CORONAVIRUS – NEWSORUND/4
Acuerdo estratégico de Renault, Nissan y Mitshubishi apuntan a un repartición de mercados con fuerte reducción de puestos de trabajo
Read MorePervin Buldan: “Today, the biggest obstacle to another peace process in Turkey is the attitude of the AKP and MHP” 0
“Now in Turkey, whoever speaks about peace, the government will attack and jail them.”
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Estados Unidos anuncia su retiro de la Organización Mundial de la Salud
Este 29 de mayo, Estados Unidos oficializó su retiro de la máxima entidad internacional en materia de salud, la Organización Mundial de la Salud
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Conditions worsening in Turkey’s prisons due to COVID-19
Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, co-spokespersons of the HDP Foreign Affairs Commission, have released a statement on the worsening conditions in Turkey’s prisons due to the coronavirus pandemic
Read MorePrisoners in Colombia and Brazil face coronavirus pandemic alone 0
There are 1,297 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and four deaths in Colombian prisons (on 27 May). In Brazil 755 cases of coronavirus and 29 deaths in prisons across the country
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