NEWS

Latest News

• Syria loses voting rights at OPCW after poison gas findings 

  A majority of nations voting at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) supported a decision to immediately revoke Syria's privileges at the agency.
• Sit-in protest against isolation in Amed 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Amed Provincial Organization held a sit-in to protest the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and saluted the prison resistance.
• Erdoğan appoints six new university rectors 

  Turkish president Erdoğan is once again overriding academic autonomy and appointing six new university rectors. In addition, the president extended the term of office of the AKP propagandist Hatipoğlu as university rector.
• Children of Fire Initiative claims responsibility for action in Istanbul 

  The Children of Fire Initiative claimed responsibility for an action against a chemical warehouse belonging to Fatih Kumkapı Police Department in Istanbul.
• HDP calls on Iraqi government to solve problems through dialogue in Shengal 

  Following the Iraqi military troop transfers to the self-governing Yazidi Shengal region in South Kurdistan, the HDP calls on the Iraqi government to resolve problems through dialogue rather than through military shows.
• Merkel calls for release of political prisoners 

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling on all Council of Europe states to immediately implement the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), especially those concerning political prisoners.
• Italian mayor responds to Turkish ambassador 

  Numerous Italian cities have awarded honorary citizenship to Abdullah Öcalan. This displeases the Turkish state. Mayor of Rende, Marcello Manna enlightens the Turkish ambassador in Rome about the principles of a democratic society.
• Women activists visit Şenyaşar family on Justice Vigil in Urfa 

  For 43 days now, Emine Şenyaşar has been sitting in front of the courthouse in Urfa demanding justice for her family members murdered by relatives and bodyguards of AKP deputy Halil Yıldız.
• KCDK-E launches membership campaign 

  “Let's become and recruit members to enlarge our organization” is the motto of the KCDK-E campaign started in 14 countries.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers files application to visit their client 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Police take four people into custody in Çukurca 

  During the political genocide operations carried out in Çukurca, four people, including former mayor Servet Tunç, were detained.
• Activists from Frankfurt take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from Frankfurt took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg. The action is on its 461st week.
• Turkey least compliant country with GRECO recommendations against corruption 

  Turkey didn't comply with 74.4 percent of the recommendations in 2019.
• New lawsuit against 97 students at Boğaziçi University 

  A lawsuit has been filed against 97 students who were detained during the protests against the appointment of a trustee rector to Boğaziçi University.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Police take five people into custody in Batman 

  Five people were detained in new political raids carried out in Batman.
• Children of Fire Initiative claims responsibility for attacks in five cities 

  Children of Fire Initiative said they set on fire on two material depots and three vehicles belonging to AKP-MHP members in five cities.
• Geoffrey Shears: The HDP is ‘hope incarnate’ in Turkey 

  Geoffrey Shears said that 'the HDP is ‘hope incarnate’ in Turkey.'
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign writes to UK Foreign Secretary about the HDP 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign has sent an open letter to UK Foreign Secretary, Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, in support of the HDP.
• NAV-BEL denies Kurdish involvement in Liege clash 

  Violent clashes have occurred in Liège in which one person was shot dead. The umbrella organization NAV-BEL denies the account that one of the parties to the conflict was Kurdish.
• OSCE concerned by recent developments in Turkey 

  Troubled by recent developments in Turkey, OSCE PA human rights leaders stress importance of respect for democratic principles.
• Hunger strike in Turkey’s prisons on day 143 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 143rd day. The solidarity action launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 122 days and in Greece for 105 days.
• Kurdish activists in Cologne send letters for Öcalan's freedom to UN 

  In Cologne, Kurds have sent letters to UN Secretary General António Guterres in a collective action to call on the United Nations to act for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a just peace in Turkey.
• 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ webinar held in Australia 

  Peter Boyle, Rojava Solidarity Sydney, reports about a webinar in Australia organised as part of the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ campaign.
• Activists in Darmstadt and Mannheim protest isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish people took to the streets in Darmstadt and Mannheim to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan. Police in Mannheim tried to prevent the demonstration.