From Kurdish Aspect:
Syrian Forces suppress more Kurdish Festivals on May Day
Syrian authorities prepared to break up another Kurdish celebration, this time marking May Day or International Workers’ Day. Security forces confronted Kurdish celebrators in the city of Ayn al-Arab (Kurdish: Kobane) using tear gas and fired live bullets over the heads of the celebrators. There [...]
Kurdish activist Hiwa Butimar has had his appeal rejected and has been sentenced to death by Iran’s Revolutionary Court, the Iranian Minorities’ Human Rights Organisation (IMHRO) reported.
Source: IMHRO
2008-04-18
Hiwa Butimar a 29 year old Kurdish journalist and environmental activist have been sentenced to death by branch number one of the Revolutionary Court in Mariwan city, [...]
Urge Turkey to abolish article 301 in which Leyla Zana was indicted under.
Amnesty International is extremely concerned with the frequent use of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) to prosecute human rights defenders, journalists and other members of civil society peacefully expressing their dissenting opinion. Article 301, on the denigration of Turkishness, the [...]
Hold Accountable Those Responsible for Unlawful Killings
Human Rights Watch (New York, March 24, 2008) – Syrian authorities should seek an independent investigation into the March 20 shootings by security forces that left three Kurds dead and at least five wounded at a New Year’s celebration, Human Rights Watch said today. The circumstances of the shootings [...]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LONDON
AI Index: EUR 44/007/2008
Health concern/ill-treatment
Fifteen-year-old Cuneyt Ertus was arrested by police after Newroz (New Year) demonstrations on 22 March in the south-eastern city of Hakkari. He was apparently ill-treated during and after his arrest and is currently being held on remand at Bitlis Prison. He has been charged with offences including [...]
In the largest Kurdish city, Diyarbakir (or Amed, in Kurdish), reports say that over 1 million people gathered to listen to the music, dance, and hear speeches from the local Kurdish politicians. Pictures from the event showed Turkish jets and helicopters flying low but there were no encounters with this extremely large crowd of celebrators.
However, [...]
