A new Project titled “Innocent Prisoners” has been implemented at Bakırköy Women Closed Penal Institution to give a psychosocial support to the children and their mothers. Source:ANF Sixty children whose mothers are in prisons, have to live one of the two captivities, either to be condemned to live in institutions with their mothers or to [...]
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Project for children of women prisoners is launched in Turkey
Posted in Children prisoners, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged "Innocent Prisoners”, Bakırköy Women Closed Penal Institution on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
European Parliament voted on Turkey accession report
Posted in Children prisoners, Crimes against humanity, Environmental crimes, Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Kurdish feminism, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's rights, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged European Convention on Human Rights, European Parliament, Human Rights Turkey, Turkey on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A real political solution to the Kurdish problem is one of the top demands of the resultant resolution. Source: ANF/STRASBOURG MEP GUE/NGL Takis Hadjigeorgiou (Cyprus) said: “We support Turkey’s accession and welcome any progress made in the country first and foremost for the benefit of its people; but we underline the need to meet all the Copenhagen [...]
KAYIPLAR BULUNSUN, FAILLER YARGILANSIN
Posted in Children prisoners, Gender violence, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Bitlis Mutki, toplu mezarlar, Turkiye'de kayiplar on February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Toplu mezarlar acilsin kayiplar bulunsun, failler yargilansin Turkiye karanligiyla yuzlessin.. Basina ve Kamuoyuna 05/02/2011 Biz bu metinde imzasi bulunanlar, Roj Kadin Meclisi, Sosyalist Kaindinlar Birligi, Britanya Baris Meclisi, Fed-Bir, Kurt Toplum Merkezi ve Halkevi olarak Kurdistan’da TC Devleti’nin insanliga karsi isledigi bu vahseti nefretle kiniyor, biran once Insan Haklari Evrensel Bildirgesi geregince sorumluluklarini yerine getirmesini [...]
Turkey Takes the Lead in Europe in Violations in 2010
Posted in Children prisoners, Environmental crimes, Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged European Convention on Human Rights, Turkey's human rights violations on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Turkey ranks first among the number of countries convicted for rights violations by the European Court of Human Rights in 2010. Main reasons for Turkey’s convictions were the fairness or the length of trials. Erhan ÜSTÜNDAĞ Among 47 countries under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, Turkey ranks at the [...]
Turkey falls short in defending human rights, report says
Posted in Children prisoners, Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Human Rights Watch, ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Turkey’s record on protecting human rights was mixed in 2010, with arbitrary detention and restrictions on freedom of speech remaining black marks, according to a new report by a well-regarded international human-rights watchdog. ERISA DAUTAJ ŞENERDEM ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News Monday, January 24, 2011 While Turkey has made progress on some human-rights issues, with constitutional amendments [...]
Another missed opportunity for human rights in Turkey, says IHD
Posted in Children prisoners, Environmental crimes, Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Adülbaki Boğa, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Punishments regarding women murders, violence against women, and murders of homosexual and transsexual individuals should be aggravated.” Source: ANF Injustice in legal procedures, violations of the right to a fair trial, deprivation from the right to access health services in prisons and detention houses, the rejection of the right to education in the mother tongue, [...]
SE Turkey’s conflict spurred gender equality for Kurds, panelists say
Posted in Children prisoners, Gender violence, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Dilek Kurban, gender equality, Hurriyet Daily News, Kurdis women, Turkey on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Decades of conflict in Turkey’s Southeast has helped politicize Kurdish women and promote gender equality in the region, participants at a women’s conference heard earlier this week. Source: Hurriyet Daily News Kurdish women and children have been politically active because the state has “produced [political] awareness” through its oppression of them, said Dilek Kurban, a [...]
Violations of human rights still high in Turkey
Posted in Children prisoners, Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Human rights in Turkey on December 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Violation of human rights in Turkey remained unchanged this year too. Torture is now applied on streets while an increase is observed in torture and cruel treatment under custody. According to a research by TİHV, there have been human rights abuses in all four corners of the country. Source:ANF According to the research of Human Rights [...]
Torture in Turkey to be on the agenda of United Nations
Posted in Children prisoners, Gender violence, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, President of the Federation of International Human Rights (FIDH, Soulhayr Belhassen on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Source: ISTANBUL (DIHA) Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) prepared a report of torture and maltreatment in Turkey based on applications made in last five years. The report will be presented to UN’s session by Soulhayr Belhassen, President of the Federation of International Human Rights (FIDH), on November 2 in Switzerland.
Children Remain in Detention without Further Amendments
Posted in Children prisoners, Violence against children, tagged Amnesty International, Berivan Sayaca, children prisoners, Death sentence, jailed children, Justice for Children Initiative, Kurdish children on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
TuesdayLawyer Keresticioğlu stated that even after the amendments of the Anti-Terror Law, children still remain in detention under charges of “membership of an illegal organization” and “carrying explosives”. The lawyer demanded amendments of the Turkish Criminal Law for the release of the children. Source: Istanbul – BİA News Center 24 August 2010 “It is presented as [...]
