Tag "Zehra Doğan"
Back to homepageBig Jump for Hasankeyf around the world
The Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive and the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement issued a statement about the successful day of action for the 12,000 years old site
Read More“Free at last, Free at last”Turkey releases political prisoner, Zehra Doğan
Post Views: 53 These are the words of “the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” quoted by civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, during the March on Washington for
Read MoreTURKEY: “HARROWING” REPRESSION OF KURDISH CULTURE & LANGUAGE
This 21 February 2018 – On Mother Language Day, PEN International “wishes to highlight the sustained repression of Kurdish culture and language in Turkey
Read MoreTurkish 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
Read MoreZehra Doğan Sentenced!
the Mardin 2nd High Criminal Court has sentenced Zehra Doğan to 2 years, 9 months and 22 days imprisonment for the painting
Read MoreTurkey – Purge in Kurdistan Continues: Artist and Journalist Zehra Doğan Brought to Court
Friday, 9th December 2016, Zehra Doğan, award winning journalist, painter and poet and Jinha Womens News editor was scheduled in court today
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