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Turkish Court Curtails Writer’s Travel
n the same month that a Turkish Court sentenced Zehra Doğan, artist and journalist, to almost 3 years in prison for a painting, an Istanbul court has reaffirmed the travel ban on writer Asli Erdoğan in the ongoing war against Freedom of Expression the Turkish State is currently engaged in
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TURKEY HUNGER STRIKES: DIALOGUE BEGINS
Dialogue has begun between prison authorities and the hunger-striking Kurdish prisoners held in in Edirne High Security Prison in the northwestern province.
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Zehra Doğan Sentenced!
the Mardin 2nd High Criminal Court has sentenced Zehra Doğan to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days imprisonment for the painting
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NORTHERN KURDISTAN: NEWROZ WELCOMES MORE POLITICAL PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
the countless Kurdish political prisoners held in Turkish jails, 26 of whom have been on hunger strike since early February
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KURDISH NEWROZ CELEBRATED: RESIST!
The message from YBŞ and YJŞ draws attention to the ongoing hunger strikes of Kurdish political prisoners across Turkey’s jails that the world is, apparently, at present ignoring
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NO END TO THE SILENCE: human rights situation in South-East Turkey
Further details emerged on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right’s concerns at Turkey’s war
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UNITED NATIONS INDICTS TURKEY FOR “SERIOUS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS” in NORTHERN KURDISTAN
March 10 2017: The UN’s human rights office today released its report accusing Turkey of serious human rights violations.
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Turckish Atrocities Suspected in Nusaybin’s Xeraba Bava Village
Post Views: 15 February 2017: The Turkish Military has laid siege to another Kurdish village, this time Xerabê Bava (Koruköy) in Mardin’s Nusaybin district, near the border with Syria; in place now since the 11th February and still ongoing as
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NORTHERN KURDISTAN: RUMOURS OF PEACE (TALKS)?
Post Views: 9 February 2017: Following the late night 45-minute phone call on February 7th between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, CIA director, Mike Pompeo was in Ankara two days later for a short visit.
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HDP Demirtaş sentenced to five months in prison
Post Views: 59 While HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ was denied her right to continue as a deputy, HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has been sentenced to 5 months in prison. The sentence was handed down after the hearing
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