Saturday Mothers were on the streets for the 347th time today to ask to know the fate of their loved ones who forcibly disappeared and to punish those responsible for their disappearance. Source:ANF They carried the banner saying “Perpetrators are known, where are the disappeared people,” in front of Galatasaray High School, in the center of [...]
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Saturday Mothers in 347th Istanbul sit in
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Political Activism, tagged Saturday Mothers on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
German Sociologist Found in Mass Grave in Van
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Political Activism, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Andrea Wolf, German Sociologist on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After the investigation of a mass grave in Çatak/Van, it was reported that the remains of German Sociologist Wolf were found among the approximately 40 bodies in the cave. Source: Kurdishinfo A mass grave found in a cave in the district of Çatak (south-eastern Kurdish-majority city of Van) is supposed to contain the remains of [...]
Remembering the 12 September 1980 military coup
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Political prisoners, tagged 12 Eylul 1980, 12 Eylul Cuntasi, 12 September 1980 military coup on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
1 million 683 thousand people investigated, 517 death penalty executed, 98,400 people sentenced for being member of an illegal organization, 30,000 people were forced to go into exile, 171 people died as a result of torture, 299 people died in prison, 400 journalists were sentenced to a total of four thousand years in prison. Source: [...]
Prisoners burnt alive until turned to charcoal
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, tagged "Return to Life" operation, Bayrampaşa prison, Istanbul/Turkey on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A soldier who was on duty at the Bayrampaşa prison during the “Return to Life” operation confessed 11 years later, ”The detainees wanted to get out of the burning cells and surrender but the doors were not opened, the fire brigade did not intervene”. Source: BIA For the first time, Special Gendarmerie Sergeant Altan Sabsız talked about what [...]
DOWN WITH IRAN! Stop the bloodshed in Kurdistan!!
Posted in Crimes against humanity, tagged Iran, Iran human rights on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Call for action from Kurdish Women DOWN WITH IRAN! Stop the bloodshed in Kurdistan!! 13th August 2011 Press release: for immediate release – Roj Women’s Assembly and Iranian Kurdish Women Initiative, condemns Iran’s bombardments of Kurdistan. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s shocking and appalling records for gross human rights violations, well-known to the international community. [...]
Human Rights violations and the Kurdish question in Iran
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's right Iran, Political Activism, Political prisoners, tagged Iran women human rights defenders, Shirin Alam Holi on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Since 2010 Iranian regime has hanged eight Kurdish human rights and political activists who were members of the Free Life party of Kurdistan, including one woman: Shireen Alam Hoye. Source: ANF On 30th of June a conference was held in Rome, at the Italian parliament, with regards to democracy, human rights violations and the Kurdish question [...]
Kurdish woman died after being hit by police tear gas
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Kurdish women, Violence against women, women's rights Turkey, tagged Batman, Hatice Idin on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fifty four year-old Kurdish woman Hatice Idin, who was said to be brain dead on Thursday after being hit by Turkish police tear gas, died at 5 am this morning in Batman World Hospital where she had been recovered since 12 June. Source: Rojhelat The woman was taken to hospital after being hit by police tear [...]
Who are the Saturday Mothers?
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Political Activism, tagged Who are the Saturday Mothers? on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first meeting of the Saturday Mothers was 16 years ago Source: ANF Sixteen years ago, on 28 May 1995, a group of mostly women from different age groups met in Galatasaray Square, in the central Taksim area of Istanbul and sat down in front of the Galatasaray School. They were holding pictures of mostly men, from different age [...]
15,200 Files against Turkey Pending at ECHR
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, tagged European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Human Rights Turkey on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In 2010, a total of 15,200 applications filed against Turkey were pending before the European Court of Human Rights. Only Russia has more files pending. Turkey is the country with the highest number of convictions regarding violations of rights at the ECHR. Source: BIA 15,200 files from Turkey were pending at the European Court of [...]
European Court of Human Rights asked questions to Turkey about 2000 prison massacre
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Political Activism, Political prisoners, tagged Bayrampaşa prison, Human rights in Turkey, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Examining the application of ‘Reviving Massacre’ victims in Bayrampaşa prison, the Court asked how the prisoners’ right to live was protected in the operation and if they were tortured during the transferring. Source: ANF The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) asked the Turkish government to give answer to some questions concerning the massacre of [...]
