Published by Telesur on 18th of April 2017 Tariq Ali introduces a short film shot for The World Today. It was filmed a few weeks ago before Turkey’s Referendum which was passed only yesterday. The main opposition party and international election observers have...
First findings of the Organization for Security and Co-operationin Europe (OSCE) on the Turkish referendum of the 16th of April 2017 Published by OSCE on 17/4/17 ANKARA, 17 April 2017 – The 16 April constitutional referendum in Turkey was contested on an unlevel...
Published by Ekurd Daily on 19th of April 2017 LALISH, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Thousands of Yazidis flocked to a shrine in Iraqi Kurdistan region to mark the New Year on Wednesday, in the minority’s biggest gathering since it was targeted for genocide by jihadists....
Published by Morning Star on the 19th of April 2017 The situation for human rights in Turkey is dire, and on course to become much worse, says ROSA GILBERT YESTERDAY (18/4/17), a hunger strike in Turkish prisons by Kurdish political prisoners was called off after 62...
Hunger Strikes in Turkish Prisons: Information Note Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Prison Committee 6 April 2017 The hunger strike protests of political prisoners in Turkish penitentiary institutions have reached a critical point. The protest was initiated in Izmir...
Published by Al-Monitor on April 3, 2017 Hunger strikes in Turkish prisons, joined briefly by the country’s top Kurdish politician, aim to draw attention to mounting allegations of ill-treatment and other violations of inmate rights since last year’s coup attempt....
