New wave of arrests in many cities
New wave of arrests in many cities
Twenty seven people have been taken into custody in different house raids in the cities of Nusaybin, Kýzýltepe, Batman, Siirt, Çermik and Bulanýk.
The raids were carried out by police in the early hours of the morning.
In Nusaybin, province of Mardin, 18 people included 6 children have been detained.
In Kiziltepe 6 more people have been taken into custody following house raids. Of them one is under 18.
In Siirt one university student has been taken into custody.
The accusations vary from "propaganda for an illegal organization" to "chanting slogans in favour of an illegal organization" to being involved in the KCK case.
The KCK (Democratic Confederation of Kuridstan) trial see 151 Kurdish politicians and human rights activists in the dock accused of allegedly representing the urban wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The biggest trial opened in Diyarbakir on 18 October last year.
In a series of police operations beginning on 14 April 2009 and referred to in the press as the ‘KCK operations’, 151 people were detained on the basis of alleged links to illegal organizations. These people included lawyers, mayors, politicians, trade unionists and human rights activists, were recently brought to trial together in Diyarbakir.
The raids were carried out by police in the early hours of the morning.
In Nusaybin, province of Mardin, 18 people included 6 children have been detained.
In Kiziltepe 6 more people have been taken into custody following house raids. Of them one is under 18.
In Siirt one university student has been taken into custody.
The accusations vary from "propaganda for an illegal organization" to "chanting slogans in favour of an illegal organization" to being involved in the KCK case.
The KCK (Democratic Confederation of Kuridstan) trial see 151 Kurdish politicians and human rights activists in the dock accused of allegedly representing the urban wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The biggest trial opened in Diyarbakir on 18 October last year.
In a series of police operations beginning on 14 April 2009 and referred to in the press as the ‘KCK operations’, 151 people were detained on the basis of alleged links to illegal organizations. These people included lawyers, mayors, politicians, trade unionists and human rights activists, were recently brought to trial together in Diyarbakir.
