Roj Women Assembly has submitted a shadow report to the Turkish State third periodic report presented to United Nations Committee Against Torture, which will be reviewing the Turkish case under the Convention Against Torture on the 3rd and 4th November 2010. This shadow report concerns mainly the right of women human rights’ defenders in Turkey to engage [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Roj Women Assembly shadows Turkey’s report to be reviewed by the United Nations Committee Against Torture
Posted in Gender violence, Political Activism, Violence against women on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Deniz’s father kidnapped eighteen years ago; now police after her
Posted in Political Activism, tagged Deniz Gülünay on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gülünay warned security forces that they will be responsible if something bad happened to her. She also applied to the prosecutor to make a denouncement against police officers. Source: DIHA Police attempted to kidnap Deniz Gülünay, whose father was kidnapped eighteen years ago in Istanbul, in 1992, when he was on his way for work in [...]
Women hoist red flag against violence against women
Posted in Gender violence, Violence against women, tagged Ankara, Nejla Yıldız, woman trade unionist on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Woman trade unionist in Ankara killed in the street Source: DIHA The victim, 40-year-old Nejla Yıldız, had complained about her killer many times and requested help from police. Yet, the police did not react until she was killed mercilessly. The Ankara Women Platform organized a press meeting in front of the Ankara Court House to condemn the [...]
Syria: International Day of Solidarity with victims of honor crimes on 29th October
Posted in Honour crime victims, Political Activism, Violence against women on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Source: The Damascus Bureau More and more Syrians are showing support for the victims of so-called “honour crimes” with the approach of the international day to protest such killings at the end of October. The issue of “honour crimes”, particularly in rural areas of Syria, has stirred much internal debate in the past few years. [...]
UPDATE: Danish court lift ban on Roj TV accounts
Posted in Arts & Culture, Political Activism, tagged Roj TV on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Danish court in Copenhagen upheld the objection by the Kurdish satellite TV and lifted the freezing on the TV station ban accounts which had been requested by the Danish prosecutor office. There is no legal reasoning behind the freezing of Roj TV’s bank accounts, pronounced the chief judge. The court also stated that Roj TV broadcastings [...]
Kadınları Neden Öldürüyorsunuz?
Posted in Gender violence, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Kent Kadin Meclis, Van on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nedir bir kadını, çocuklarından koparıp, annesinin gözlerinin önünde öldürecek kadar haklı sebebiniz? Her üç günde bir bir kadın ölüyor. Sebepleri ise çok acımasız. Medyada kadın cinayetleri ile ilgili haberler, “öldürülen kadının cesedi otopsi için adli tıp morguna götürüldü” ile bitiyor. Source: Kurdistan-post Haberlerde artık alışık olduğumuz kadın cinayetlerinden biri daha… Van ‘da yaşanan bir kadın cinayeti. Nedir bu öfke? Nedir bir kadını, çocuklarından koparıp, annesinin gözlerinin önünde öldürecek kadar haklı sebebiniz? Her üç günde bir bir kadın ölüyor. Sebepleri ise çok acımasız. Medyada kadın cinayetleri ile ilgili haberler, “öldürülen kadının cesedi otopsi için adli tıp morguna götürüldü” ile bitiyor. Bunları okumak ve tanık olmak kimseyi rahatsız etmiyor mu? Vicdanları sızlatmıyor mu?
Kurdish women break the silence in Turkey
Posted in Gender violence, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against women, tagged Dürre Kaya, Democracy Party (DEP), Freedom and Democracy Party (ÖZDEP), Kurdish women, MP Leyla Zana, Party for Democratic People (DEHAP) and finally the Democratic Society Party (DTP), People’ Democracy Party (HADEP), People’ Labour Party (HEP) on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kurdish women’s struggle sped up in the 90s when the suppression and extrajudicial killings also escalated. Source: Kurdish Info Kurdish women not only started breaking the silence but also traditions since 1990s. And now they are on duty as members of parliament, mayors, and co-chair of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and its branches. The BDP is the [...]
Seminar on “Women Trafficking” in Suleymaniye (Iraq)
Posted in Gender violence, Violence against women, tagged Amêz Organization, rape culture, Rassam Organization, Seyran Abdulla, the Freedom of the Women's Movement of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Freedom Women's Council offices as well as Sabrina Behmeni, the Kurdistan Women's Association, the Organization of Piran, Woman Trafficking Suleymaniye, Women's Enlightenment and Communication Center on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Woman rights activist in south Kurdistan have taken action on position of woman pervaded recently. Seminar of “No to Woman Trafficking” was held with attendance of many representatives from different woman organisations in the city of Suleymaniye. ANF NEWS AGENCY/ 10/10/2010 A “No to woman trafficking” seminar was organized by women organisations in Suleymaniye under the [...]
Defend Roj TV, the independent voice of the Kurds
Posted in Political Activism on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Press Release For immediate release Thursday 14 October Peace in Kurdistan is deeply alarmed about the threat to Roj TV, the independent Kurdish satellite television station broadcasting from its studio outside Brussels to millions of Kurdish viewers across the Middle East and Europe. Roj TV’s broadcasts provide a vital link to their homeland for the [...]
Kusturica quits Antalya saying reactions to his being in the jury “barbaric and primitive”
Posted in Arts & Culture, tagged Antalya, Emir Kusturica, Serbian film director on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Serbian director leaves Antalya pointing out political interference by minister of culture ANF / NEWS DESK “A person who has dedicated his life to opening new horizons to humanity cannot be supportive of any kind of crime. … I am known to be anti-imperialist. I have built my life and profession on this basis. … [...]
