Thomas Seibert reports on the pending trial against the main Kurdish political party in Turkey, the Democratic Society Party (DTP). The DTP is the just the latest Kurdish party of several that have had to face the threat of closure by the Turkish Constitutional Court. Since 1993, the courts have banned 3 Kurdish parties that [...]
The Danish-based television broadcaster, Roj-TV, was recently banned in Germany after officials declared that they believe the station shows support for the conflict between the Turkish military and Kurdish rebels in Turkey. The German Interior Ministry said Roj-TV was serving as a mouthpiece for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or the PKK, which is outlawed [...]
From The National by Thomas Seibert, (Foreign Correspondent):
Turkish Kurdish party threatened
ISTANBUL // As Turkey awaits the outcome of a court case aimed at banning the country’s ruling party, the main pro-Kurdish party has also been fighting for survival before the same court in a case that highlights Turkey’s continued problems to deal with the Kurdish [...]
Report by Owen Bowcott from the Guardian UK:
Families seek redress for Turkish incursions
Raids on Kurds blamed for deaths and damage in Iraq
British lawyers take cases to human rights court
British lawyers are taking Turkey to the European court of human rights in pursuit of compensation for deaths and damage allegedly inflicted by repeated bombardments of northern [...]
Published earlier but worth revisiting, from the Associated Press:
STRASBOURG, France: The European Court of Human Rights is facing a huge case backlog and at its current pace would need 46 years to rule on all complaints, a survey said Wednesday.
The court, underfunded and lacking judges, is struggling with almost 80,000 cases, some of them [...]
