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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 1
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
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Meral Çiçek on the bombing of Maxmur Refugee Camp
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.
Read MoreTurkey is Working To Pursue Societal Violence Against Religious Minorities in Syria 0
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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