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Six years ago Roboski Massacre
Post Views: 68 On the night of 28 December 2011, Turkish Armed Forces’ warplanes bombed an area on the border with Southern Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan). The bombs killed 34 mostly young men on their way back from the Iraqi
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CIZRE: TWO YEARS ON STILL WAITING
Post Views: 185 “For 79 days, the people of Cizre witnessed an exceptional massacre in history. For the sake of a humane and free life, they lost their daughters and sons during the resistance. Yet they have not surrendered, and
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TURKEY ON TRIAL a.k.a. The Trial of Selahattin Demirtaş
The co-chairperson of the left-wing People’s Democratic Party – HDP – Partiya Demokratîk a Gelan – Selahattin Demirtaş, arrested on November 4, 2016 and now, following his non-appearance in court one week ago on Thursday 7 December his detention has been extended
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First hearing of Selahattin Demirtas
International thinkers, authors and politicians signed an appeal of support and solidarity
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TURKEY’S WAR AGAINST THE ACADEMICS…
Two recent studies have once again drawn attention to the unprecedented crackdown on academics and intellectual freedom in post coup Turkey
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Turkey Jails HDP MP Figen Yüksekdağ – AGAIN…
Figen Yüksekdağ and her co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş have been in jail since November 2016
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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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HDP Demirtaş sentenced to five months in prison
Post Views: 60 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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The Murder of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez TO BE CONTINUED..?
Ömer Güney, the only suspect in the assassination of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris on 9 January, 2013, died on December 17, 2016
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