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Turkish police raid Kurdish institutions in Diyarbakır amid rising tensions

In the early hours of this morning, police raided the Mesopotamian Language and Culture Research Association (MED-DER) and the Payîz Pirtûk bookshop in Diyarbakır (Amed), resulting in the arrest of several staff members. The operation raises concerns over the repression of Kurdish cultural rights in Turkey. Turkish police raided the Mesopotamian …

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UN: At least 345 prisoners, 15 women executed in Iran in 2024

  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has expressed his concern about Iran’s ongoing executions, which disproportionately target minorities, and has called on the Iranian regime to abolish the death penalty. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk issued a press briefing on Friday expressing deep concern over …

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Iran executes 29 prisoners in single day, human rights activists say

Despite widespread opposition to the increasing number of executions in Iran, human rights activists report that at least 30 prisoners were executed in the country’s prisons between 3 and 7 August According to reports published, on the morning of 7 August, the death sentences of 29 prisoners, including two Afghan and one …

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Kurdish protester Reza Rasayi executed in Iran’s Kermanshah prison

Kurdish protester Reza Rasayi was secretly executed in Kermanshah Central Prison of Iran, with human rights groups condemning it as an extrajudicial murder based on forced confessions. Kurdish protester Reza Rasayi was secretly executed in Kermanshah Central Prison, Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) reported on Tuesday. Human rights organisations have condemned the execution …

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15 bar associations: Erasing writings in Kurdish harms the culture of coexistence and social peace

15 bar associations reacted against the hostile policies towards the Kurdish language and emphasised that attacks against Kurdish are an indication of intolerance towards the existence and culture of Kurds. 15 bar associations made a joint written statement on the removal of the traffic warning signs “Hêdî (Slowly)” and “Pêşî …

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Ecocide in Kurdish regions of Turkey as green landscapes give way to concrete military outposts

In Kurdish-majority Şırnak (Şirnex), Turkey, widespread deforestation for military construction is devastating Kurdish forests, transforming green landscapes into concrete and militarised zones. Extensive deforastaion is paving the way for the construction of military outposts, resulting in an ecological disaster in the Kurdish-majority Şirnak (Şirnex), Turkey. The Gabar, Cûdî and Besta …

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A plurality of Chinese languages

In the PRC, where Mandarin Chinese is aggressively promoted as the official language, a similar policy is still in place against Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian and other languages, but also against Shanghainese and Cantonese.  While English tends to view the ‘Chinese language’ as a monolith, the phrase actually represents a large diversity of both written and spoken languages, …

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Kurdish media outlets targeted in Europe condemn ‘double standards’ on free speech

Belgian authorities carried out overnight raids on two Brussels-based Kurdish TV studios. The media outlets condemned the attacks, and vowed to continue free, fair and transparent reporting. Belgian authorities carried out overnight raids on two Brussels-based Kurdish TV studios. The media outlets condemned the attacks, and vowed to continue free, …

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