hunger strikes

EFD Rights Watch: Hunger Strikes seems to have ended after Öcalan’s call, 5 more soldiers killed today, illegal police documentation in Tunceli…

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PKK leader calls for end of hunger strikes from Hurriyet Daily News Outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan. Hunger strikes unacceptable in democracies: Rapporteur from Hurriyet Daily News Ria Oomen-Ruijten, the European Parliament?s Turkey rapporteur, has harshly. Kurd militants end hunger strike in Turkey, deal seen from Yahoo news ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Hundreds … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “55 Students Arrested in 5 Days”

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55 Students Arrested in 5 Days from Bianet :: English The arrest of 30 students supporting hunger strikes from Pamukkale University rose the total toll of jailed students in the past five days to 55.   In Turkey: The Ivory Tower Besieged BY HOWARD EISSENSTAT Workers Occupy Factory in Bursa from Bianet :: English 1,500 … Read more

It is the 62nd day in hunger strikes…and PM’s response is to reconsider Death Penalty…. EFD Rights Watch..

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PM insists on continuing debate on death penalty from Hurriyet Daily News Bringing the death penalty back into the Turkish legislative system has apparently become a permanent agenda item for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.. PM Urges to Reconsider Death Penalty from Bianet :: English Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling hunger strikes as … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: İrlanda ölüm oruçları, idam cezası…

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İrlanda ölüm oruçları 1981?de Belfast?ın Long Kesh hapishanesinde ölüm orucu tutan Kuzey İrlandalı siyasî tutuklular Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O?Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Tom McElwee, Kieran Doherty ve Mickey Devine dört ay boyunca ardı ardına ölmüşlerdi. Vatandaşlarının itirazlarına çelikten bir inat ve kibirle karşılık veren zamanın Demir Başbakanı Margaret … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Tear gas strike at hunger strike protestors… Pressure on journalists still on the agenda…

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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 … Read more

A Turkish politics roundup… as AKP is in power for a decade now…

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Three leaders of AKP- a decade ago… Abdullah Gül, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bülent Arınç Turkey’s Erdogan hails party’s decade of power from Yahoo news Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed his AKP government’s 10 years in power as a “revolution” in Turkish politics, ending a legacy of military coups and exalting … Read more

CPJ’s answers to critics on Turkey report… Hunger strikes at a critical state… EFD Rights Watch…

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Questions about CPJ’s Turkey report? Here, our answers. – Blog – Committee to Protect Journalists Questions about CPJ’s Turkey report? Here, our answers. By Joel Simon/CPJ Executive Director Last week’s release of CPJ’s report on Turkey’s press freedom crisis generated widespread domestic media coverage and sparked a robust public debate. The response from Turkish journalists … Read more