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According to official numbers, 111 people, mostly Alevis, died in the Maras Massacre from 19 to 25 December 1978. The ÖDP has called on Turkey to face up to its history.
Bianet-People in Cukurca, the district of Hakkari closest to the Iraqi border, have lived with the sound of bombings for years. They ask for investment in the area rather than operations.
Bianet-A military court in Van has released the three suspects, two of them soldiers, in the Semdinli bombing trial. They will be tried without detention. Joint attorneys walked out of the hearing.
Bianet-Nurettin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish DTP, was arrested at the airport in Ankara on his return from Germany. The DTP has condemned the arrest.
HEWLÊR (DÎHA) -The brother of Zozan Muþîr Celal said that his sister was wounded during the bombing by Turkish airplanes in their village, near the Qendil Mountains. He stated that Turkish airplanes bombed a lot of village in the neighbourhood of the Qendil Mountains. Þexawan also stated that during the bombing of villages a woman was killed, many people were injured, a lot of animals were killed and places near these villages are burning down.
Kurdish Press Law A Threat to Freedom of Expression and Democracy
Kurdishaspect-The Kurdistan National Assembly, led by President Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), on Dec. 10 passed a Press Law that mandates fines for journalists and news organizations for “insulting officials.” Journalists could face jail time and or fines of up to 10 million Iraqi Dinars. Newspapers would be forced to pay as much as 20 million Iraqi Dinars.
Bianet-On Human Rights Day, 10 December, the Human Rights Association and the Turkish Human Rights Foundation evaluated the situation in Turkey as dissatisfying.
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According to official numbers, 111 people, mostly Alevis, died in the Maras Massacre from 19 to 25 December 1978. The ÖDP has called on Turkey to face up to its history.
Bianet-People in Cukurca, the district of Hakkari closest to the Iraqi border, have lived with the sound of bombings for years. They ask for investment in the area rather than operations.
Bianet-A military court in Van has released the three suspects, two of them soldiers, in the Semdinli bombing trial. They will be tried without detention. Joint attorneys walked out of the hearing.
Bianet-Nurettin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish DTP, was arrested at the airport in Ankara on his return from Germany. The DTP has condemned the arrest.
HEWLÊR (DÎHA) -The brother of Zozan Muþîr Celal said that his sister was wounded during the bombing by Turkish airplanes in their village, near the Qendil Mountains. He stated that Turkish airplanes bombed a lot of village in the neighbourhood of the Qendil Mountains. Þexawan also stated that during the bombing of villages a woman was killed, many people were injured, a lot of animals were killed and places near these villages are burning down.
Kurdishaspect-The Kurdistan National Assembly, led by President Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), on Dec. 10 passed a Press Law that mandates fines for journalists and news organizations for “insulting officials.” Journalists could face jail time and or fines of up to 10 million Iraqi Dinars. Newspapers would be forced to pay as much as 20 million Iraqi Dinars.
Bianet-The ECHR has found Turkey's decision to ban the publication of the Azadiya Welat newspaper for a week wrong.
Bianet-On Human Rights Day, 10 December, the Human Rights Association and the Turkish Human Rights Foundation evaluated the situation in Turkey as dissatisfying.