A woman is helped by demonstrators as Turkish riot police fire water cannon and tear gas during a Kurdish demonstration in support of a widespread hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners, on November 4, 2012 in Istanbul (AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic) VIA
Turkey: Turkish Police Use Tear-Gas Against Protesting Mothers
from Global Voices Online by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Kurdish political prisoners have reached their 55th day of hunger strike. There are hundreds of political prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey, and this has led to solidarity protests throughout Europe, and in particular within Turkey. Earlier yesterday [November 4, 2012], the mothers of some of the political prisoners staged a sit-in, and were met with tear-gas, as well as water canisters was sprayed directly on them. Turkish mainstream media and governmental ministers remain oblivious to unfolding anger by Kurdish people, and their disregard for a political settlement of Turkey’s Kurdish question has made the situation worse.
Kurdish hunger-strikers fight for rights
Turkey under fire over escalating media crackdown
from Yahoo news
A record number of journalists are behind bars in Turkey as the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wields draconian laws critics say are creating a climate of fear to silence dissenting voices and promote “pro-state” journalism.
Kurds clash with Turkish police at PKK funeral | euronews, world news
.:Middle East Online::Erdogan?s Turkey greets journalists with crackdown:.
Mass hunger strike in Turkish prisons enters 52nd day – CNN.com
Human rights activists seek ways to prison protests
from Hurriyet Daily News
Human rights activists, intellectuals and representatives of minority groups
No progress on hunger strikes
from Hurriyet Daily News
BDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş and lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder hold a meeting with Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin amid reports that the ministry cut off daily allowances of hunger strikers
Purge of the Kurds, the dark side of Turkish ?democracy?
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Rozh Ahmad
Despite the initial reforms announced by the government towards the recognition of Kurdish rights, journalist Rozh Ahmad reports on the systematic persecution of Kurdish people in Turkey.
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