KCK trial

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors but increases pressure on radical Turkish left…

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Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, peace process edges forward from Yahoo news DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten Kurdish defendants, including six former mayors, were released from jail on Tuesday in a trial of 175 people accused of links to militants, a further small step in Turkey’s efforts to end a Kurdish insurgency. After more than three … Read more

Hundreds of Prisoners in Turkey go on Hunger Strike…EFD Rights Watch…

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Turkey: Hundreds of Kurdish Political Prisoners go on Hunger Strike from Global Voices Online by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar Hundreds of Kurdish political prisoners have entered an indefinite hunger strike, challenging Turkey’s treatment of Kurdish political prisoners. Through their protest, some are demanding re-trials and language rights while others want to raise international attention about Turkey’s … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: 44 Kurdish journalists in KCK trial…

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Kurdish women protest against the trial of 44 journalists in Istanbul. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images   Dozens of Kurdish journalists face terrorism charges in Turkey from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch, Luke Harding Human rights groups say country’s biggest ever media trial is attempt to intimidate press The biggest media trial in … Read more

Taner Akçam bombards: “Turkey?s Human Rights Hypocrisy” . EFD Right Watch….

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Turkey?s Human Rights Hypocrisy from NYT > Turkey by By TANER AKCAM Turkey must atone for its own past crimes before lecturing others on human rights.   Court Suspends Proceedings Against Burroughs, Palahniuk Novels from Bianet :: English An Istanbul court ruled to suspend the proceedings against the translators and publishers of ?Snuff? by Chuck … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: While Prof. Büşra Ersanlı released in KCK trial, AKP moves to limit press freedom.. Free fall in human rights continues…

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Court Rules to Release Prof. Büşra Ersanlı After 8.5 Months from Bianet :: English A court finally released eminent academic Prof. Büşra Ersanlı during the eighth hearing of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) trial in Istanbul   Academic released in KCK case from Hurriyet Daily News Sixteen suspects, including Professor Buşra Ersanlı, were released today … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie” and more..

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Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk |Le grand enfermement des libertés en Turquie Le Monde.fr | 05.07.2012 à 10h03 ? Mis à jour le 05.07.2012 à 10h03 Par Hamit Bozarslan, Yves Déloye, Vincent Duclert, etc.. Alors que la Turquie affiche un taux de croissance qui fait rêver … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin, also victims of KCK trial…

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Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin have been detained on Monday, February 13th Dear Friends, We regret to inform that our friends and colleagues Mizgin Mujde Arslan and Ozay Sahin have been detained on Monday, February 13th. Arslan is a director, author and scholar. Sahin is also a director, cinematographer and actor. The authorities allege … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “Ragip Zarakolu, human rights symbol in modern Turkey”; new KCK arrests today…

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Ragip Zarakolu, human rights symbol in modern Turkey, Bulent Gokay from open Democracy News Analysis – by Bulent Gokay Turkey will become a real global power only when the high level of its economic progress is matched by a strong, stable and functioning democratic system. Ragıp Zarakolu, arrested journalist, publisher, writer and human rights advocate, … Read more

right or wrong, KCK operations make no room for “civilian Kurdish politicians”…

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…. and politics of violence now rule without challenge in the Kurdish lands…. 55 People in Police Custody in Şırnak The police in Şırnak raided buildings of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party and private homes. 55 people were taken into police custody, including party executives. Co-Chair Demirtaş said the operations were aimed at the … Read more

Congratulations YSK. Now blood spilt in Bismil…

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One killed in protests in Turkey’s Southeast by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires A demonstrator was shot and killed by security forces in the Bismil district of the southeastern Diyarbakır province, broadcaster CNNTürk reported on its website.   Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in a street demonstration … Read more

Menderes Yılmaz, the racist of the month

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Mr. Yılmaz is the head of the judges in the KCK trial. When one of the defendants began to speak Kurdish, Mr. Yılmaz stopped him and stated that the defendant spoke an “unknown language”, so-called Kurdish. The judge thus became the embodiment of denial politics against Kurds/Kurdish… The racist of the month survey is presented … Read more

for the record: PKK had threatened TAK, its offshoot

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PKK’s Leadership Threatens Group That Carried Out Istanbul Attack

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Istanbul’s Taksim square near a police station where the bomber blew himself up.—– Photo/Reuters. ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: The leadership of the

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