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Resistance in Sur: Workers find body during excavation work
A body believed to belong to a person killed by the Turkish state during the autonomous-government resistance in 2015 was found in the borough of Sur, in Amed.
Speaking to Welat Newspaper on condition of anonymity an employee of a company working in Sur said that they found a “body wrapped in a white cloth” during the excavations carried out on 5 February in the area between the Catholic Church and Hasırlı Mosque.
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147 writers send a statement of solidarity to Boğaziçi University students
A joint text was published by 147 writers in support to Boğaziçi University students. “We stand by the resistance at Boğaziçi University. We will not bow to persecution and oppression,” said the writers.
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Palestina/Corte Penal Internacional: camino despejado para la justicia penal internacional
Este 5 de febrero del 2021, la Sala de lo Preliminar de la Corte Penal Internacional decidió que la CPI tiene plena jurisdicción para conocer de exacciones cometitas por Israel en todos los territorios palestinos
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EU says “hate speech” by high-level Turkish officials against LGBTI “unacceptable”
Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano expressed concern over Boğaziçi university and said that “hate speech displayed by high-level officials against LGBTI students and the closing of a LGBTI association is unacceptable.”
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Prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu prison denounces beating and torture
A prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu L Type Closed Prison, Sedat Karak, denounced that he and four of his friends were tortured by the guards and that they had fractures in their hands, feet and heads.
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Foza Yusif: Turkey and ISIS fear the power of women
PYD co-presidency council member Foza Yusif said that the attacks of the brutal forces such as Turkey and ISIS cannot force women to take a step back from their will and the struggle for freedom.
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Irán/Estados Unidos: CIJ se declara competente para examinar sanciones de EEUU
Este 3 de febrero, la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) adoptó una sentencia en la que se declara competente para conocer la demanda interpuesta en julio del 2018 por Irán contra Estados Unidos
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Academics worldwide in solidarity with Boğaziçi University students for academic freedom
A global solidarity campaign has been launched with the students of Turkey’s Boğaziçi University who have been protesting for a month against the appointment of an AKP supporter as rector.
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Amnesty International launches urgent action for Zeynab Jalalian
The human rights organization Amnesty International has launched an urgent action for Zeynab Jalalian. The Kurdish woman imprisoned in Iran is seriously ill and being tortured. She is denied medical treatment because she shows no remorse.
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NUS in solidarity with Bogazici University
NUS National President Larissa Kennedy said the student body, which represents some 600 affiliated further and higher education institutions across the country, has a proud track record of international solidarity.
”NUS UK has from its outset been an internationally engaged national union that seeks to organise for social justice in solidarity with other students across the world,” she said.
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