human rights

Human Rights Foundation of Turkey celebrates its 20th anniversary with an exhibition:Where the Fire Struck

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A massive political exhibition… more info here. Description in Turkish, Kurdish and Armenian: Ateşin Düştüğü Yer Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı 20. Yıl Sergisi 10 Mart-23 Nisan 2011 Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı?nın 20. kuruluş yıldönümü dolayısıyla ve ?Sürmekte Olan Toplumsal Travmayla Baş Etme Projesi? kapsamında Depo?da geniş katılımlı bir etkinlikler dizisi düzenleniyor. Ateşin Düştüğü Yer, insan … Read more

It looks like Health Workers in Turkey are also anxious…

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  The protest came one day before the annual March 14 Medicine Day, which is dedicated to health workers. via [it says in the placard: “We follow the way of Dr. Che”. Minister of Health criticised the demonstration citing this one… E.S.] Health workers protest Turkish government’s health policies from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – … Read more

Still tense. Aftermath of journalist arrests…

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  IFEX: Forward your Concerns to Justice Minister Ergin from Bianet :: English International journalism and human rights organizations condemned the arrests of journalists Şener and Şık. The freedom of expression organization IFEX called for the release of the journalists and for sending appeals to Justice Minister Ergin by fax and mail.   Trust is … Read more

Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener arrested. An unfortunate turn of events in the Ergenekon Case.

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It is very hard to believe that our colleague and friend Ahmet Şık is an Ergenekon member. He devoted his life to struggle for human rights issues in Turkey as a journalist and he was in Nokta magazine team whose publications started the Ergenekon case in the first place. Many people suspect his unabating anti-Gulenism … Read more

Journalists protest latests Ergenekon arrests as Turkey goes thru a dark year for press freedom. Human rights roundup…

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more photos here. Turkish Journalists Association: “A Dark Year for Press Freedom” from Bianet :: English After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the Turkish Journalists Association warned that “crimes of thought are on the rise again”. The Contemporary Lawyers Association sees a fair trial endangered. Most dailies today … Read more

for the record, 1,469 Bodies in 114 Mass Graves so far… A human rights in Turkey roundup

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1,469 Bodies in 114 Mass Graves – More to Come from Bianet :: English A research by the Turkish Medical Association revealed that the remains of 1,469 people were found in 114 mass graves so far, the real figure may exceed these numbers by far. The association is concerned about the obscuring of evidence during … Read more

“Mass graves” in Turkey. A human rights roundup

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This clip is from Taraf daily. Click to enlarge… In Turkish… Kurds criticize Turkish government’s silence on mass graves from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires Thousands of people marched Wednesday in eastern Turkey to protest the government’s silence on mass graves uncovered in the area last month. ******************** Kurds Outraged about … Read more

by the way, Mass grave in Mutki should not be ignored… A human rights in Turkey roundup…

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Four heavy digging vehicles are being used for the excavations in the Mutki district in the province of Bitlis. DHA photo Dozens of bone fragments found during Mutki excavation Many human bone and skull fragments were discovered during excavations in a large trash dump in the Mutki district of Bitlis. Many fragments of bones and … Read more

Uğur Mumcu commemorated

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Turkey doesn’t lack fallen journalists. Murderers of  Uğur Mumcu still not found…and more pieces below for Hrant Dink and other human rights related issues… Family members, journalists and members of Turkey’s pro-secular groups hold carnations and posters of Turkey’s founder Kemal Ataturk, on the memorial of Ugur Mumcu, Turkey’s best known investigative journalist who was … Read more

Our hearts ache. Turkish State seems to have no progress in Hrant Dink murder investigation…

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4th year Commemoration photos here.  State officials’ involvement in murder allegations abound. Dink Family Demand New Investigation Bianet They submitted a petition to the prosecution and requested to investigate 28 officers from the Police and Gendarmerie in Trabzon and Istanbul. No One Is Hrant Dink: 96 Years of Solitude and 4 Years of the Same … Read more

Losing patience with AKP’s social politics…

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Municipality elections was a warning and it seems that AKP officials did not get the message and became somewhat increasingly arrogant after the referendum. The following news roundup demonstrate how they become exactly like whom they replaced. A social engineering commanded from above. Not in all cases, AKP may be the real culprit, but the … Read more

Latest releases, another sign of judiciary flaws…

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Release of Jailed Defendants Reveals Flaws In Legal System from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Nicole Pope writes about the recent decision to release jailed defendants whose appeals are still pending for over ten years, including some members of the Turkish terror organization Hizbullah that was responsible for hundreds of of gruesome murders. Pope discusses … Read more

Campaign for Pınar Selek, Torture Museum, Belated Justice issues in Turkey; a roundup

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FOR JUSTICE, WE TAKE SIDE, BESIDE PINAR SELEK from KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH by Karakök This is an urgent call from Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative to all intellectuals, writers, artists, feminist associations, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and politicians Feminist, sociologist, anti-militarist peace activist, writer  and founding member of Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative Pınar Selek  is … Read more

MÜYAP now kills Fizy.com/ BIA Media Monitoring Report released

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via I woke up to learn that popular music service Fizy.com is banned due to copyright issues. MÜYAP, a copyright violation hunter, is behind it. News in Turkish here. a discussion in Friendfeed here. http://twitter.com/tinca/statuses/19736397254492160 http://twitter.com/SenolEfendi/statuses/19731607174774784 Saturday Mothers to raise issue of missing persons again Today’s Zaman The Saturday Mothers decided to accelerate their efforts … Read more

BEYANA ÇAPEMENIYÊ. Against the start of Sledgehammer Case, the Military intervenes with an anti-Kurdish statement

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Chief of Staff’s statement against Kurdish usage has been translated to Kurdish (!) ROJ     : 17 Befranbar 2010 SEET    : 15:05 NO       : BA – 03 / 10 1. Komara Tirkiyê ku ji neteweya tirk re diyariya Ataturkê Rêberê Mezin e; hêza xwe ji serweriya gel digre û bingeha … Read more