Kurds have staged protests in various European cities yesterday. Kurds wanted to expose the isolation PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan is suffering for months as well as the political operation going on in Turkey which is bringing behind bars thousands of Kurdish politicians, human rights activists, academics, civil society organization members.
Tension high as France ready to vote genocide denial law
The Armenian genocide is once again causing tension between Turkey and France. The French parliament is going to vote on a resolution next week that would penalize the denial of the alleged Armenian genocide. Turkey has "warned" Paris that passing the resolution would damage bilateral relations.
Ferhat Tunç standing trial for using the words "guerrilla, Mr and martyr"
Artist Ferhat Tunç has testified at Dersim Court for two days in connection with nine separate investigations and cases opened against him for the speeches he made during the last electoral campaign as candidate of the Labor, Democracy and Freedom Bloc.
Contemporary Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) İzmir Branch has announced a campaign launched across the country for the abolition of ‘Special Authorized Courts’.
In a statement made on behalf of all PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and PJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan) prisoners in Turkey, Deniz Kaya explained the violations of right Kurdish prisoners are subject to in prisons. Kaya pointed to the news of torture received every day from various prisons and demanded an independent investigation in all prisons and in particular in Osmaniye prison.
Self-defense in mother-tongue rejected by the Court
The 29th hearing of the trial against 152 Kurdish politicians and human rights activists has once again ended in a Kurdish defense crisis yesterday. The trial at Diyarbakır 6th High Criminal Court was adjourned to 26 December.
French journalist Olivier Piot and photographer Julien Goldstein’s book “Kurdistan, anger of a people without rights”, prefaced by French ambassador Bernard Dorin, will appear on shelves as of January 5th.
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Kurds have staged protests in various European cities yesterday. Kurds wanted to expose the isolation PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan is suffering for months as well as the political operation going on in Turkey which is bringing behind bars thousands of Kurdish politicians, human rights activists, academics, civil society organization members.
The trial against Kurdish satellite channel RojTv has ended today in Copenhagen, Denmark. The court ruling will be pronounced on 10 January 2012.
The Armenian genocide is once again causing tension between Turkey and France. The French parliament is going to vote on a resolution next week that would penalize the denial of the alleged Armenian genocide. Turkey has "warned" Paris that passing the resolution would damage bilateral relations.
Artist Ferhat Tunç has testified at Dersim Court for two days in connection with nine separate investigations and cases opened against him for the speeches he made during the last electoral campaign as candidate of the Labor, Democracy and Freedom Bloc.
Contemporary Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) İzmir Branch has announced a campaign launched across the country for the abolition of ‘Special Authorized Courts’.
In a statement made on behalf of all PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and PJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan) prisoners in Turkey, Deniz Kaya explained the violations of right Kurdish prisoners are subject to in prisons. Kaya pointed to the news of torture received every day from various prisons and demanded an independent investigation in all prisons and in particular in Osmaniye prison.
The 29th hearing of the trial against 152 Kurdish politicians and human rights activists has once again ended in a Kurdish defense crisis yesterday. The trial at Diyarbakır 6th High Criminal Court was adjourned to 26 December.
French journalist Olivier Piot and photographer Julien Goldstein’s book “Kurdistan, anger of a people without rights”, prefaced by French ambassador Bernard Dorin, will appear on shelves as of January 5th.