Kurdish Rights in Turkey
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IFJ.org - IFJ Global - IFJ Names Worst Jailers of Journalists for World Press Freedom Day 2013
03 May 04:56In Turkey, IFJ affiliate, the Turkish Union of Journalists, estimates that at least 66 journalists are currently in prison, awaiting trial on charges of allegedly isolating the Turkish penal code or anti-terror laws. IFJ’s European organisation,...
IFJ.org - IFJ Global - World Press Freedom Day 2013
03 May 04:47This year the International Federation of Journalists is marking World Press Freedom Day by focusing on the issue of 'Journalist Safety and Journalists Imprisoned around the World'.
When does ROJ TV start to broadcast again? · SupportRojTV.com – Support speech of freedom
03 May 04:29When does ROJ TV start to broadcast again? Press conferences are invented to inform the outside world. At ROJ TV we know all about that, as we over time involuntarily have found ourselves in the spotlight and often have needed to explain...
NEW TIMES COMING · SupportRojTV.com – Support speech of freedom
02 Apr 14:59NEW TIMES COMING April 2nd, 2013Posted by editor | News, Press, ROJTV Newsletter 043, April 2013 The past month ROJ TV has again been found in hea
Turks and Kurds look to Good Friday accords as template for peace | World news | guardian.co.uk
16 Mar 13:47Both sides visit London, Belfast and Dublin to learn methodology and psychology that led to negotiations breakthrough
Locked in a fateful embrace: Turkey's PM and his Kurdish prisoner | World news | The Guardian
16 Mar 13:47Catastrophes within Turkey and across its borders are pushing Erdogan and Öcalan towards peace. Will they grab it?
Turkish PM berates media for coverage of Kurdish peace process| Reuters
16 Mar 13:47ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accused the country's media of trying to undermine a nascent Kurdish peace process and called on journalists to censor themselves if they love
Turkey Renews Focus on Peace With Kurds - NYTimes.com
16 Mar 13:46One of the region’s most intractable conflicts may be nearing a close, thanks to the determination of the prime minister, yet ending violence will not end tension.
Hopes Grow in Turkey for Peace With Kurdish Rebels
16 Mar 13:46Kurdish leaders say further steps soon could be taken to advance peace process that would end fighting by PKK
Kurdish group releases captive Turks
16 Mar 13:44
Turkish commentator discusses reported Kurdish peace plan
16 Mar 13:44
Kurdish struggle for rights in Turkey
16 Mar 13:44
Password: Freedom of the Press · SupportRojTV.com – Support speech of freedom
01 Mar 03:59Password: Freedom of the Press March 1st, 2013Posted by editor | News, Press, ROJTV Newsletter 042, March 2013 There is probably no doubt that the
Kurdistan's Female Fighters | Pulitzer Center
15 Feb 06:36The image of the female guerilla is exploited in the propaganda of both sides. In Western Turkey, Jiman is portrayed as a gun-toting baby-killer, a threat to national security and the Turkish family. In the Kurdish southeast, she is a hero,...
TURKEY WARNED BY THE EU · SupportRojTV.com – Support speech of freedom
04 Feb 03:26TURKEY WARNED BY THE EU February 4th, 2013 Newsletter 041, February 2013 The European Parliament expresses in
Conflating critics with terrorists in Turkey - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists
01 Feb 03:24The government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is quick to brand critics as “terrorists,” and that’s one of the main reasons that Turkey was the world’s worst jailer of the press when CPJ conducted its recent census of imprisoned...
Founder of Kurdish PKK among three women slain in Paris| Reuters
22 Jan 05:13PARIS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A woman who helped found the Kurdish PKK rebel movement and two other women were found shot dead in Paris overnight after execution-style killings that cast a shadow over peace
Turkey Needs 'Zero Problems' With Its Own Kurds First - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
22 Jan 05:13A Turkey that can’t resolve its own Kurdish problem through peaceful means can’t talk of “zero problems” with the Syrian Kurds today or tomorrow, writes Kadri Gürsel.
BBC News - Turkey and the PKK: The Kurdish women who take up arms
21 Jan 04:51Turkey and the PKK: The Kurdish women who take up arms By Yesim Yaprak Yildiz BBC Turkish The execution-style killing of three women in Paris last week threw a spotlight on the murky struggle between Turkey and its Kurdish rebels. But how did...
Kurdish Feminists Tribune
21 Jan 04:44Turkey and the PKK: The Kurdish women who take up arms 17 Jan 2013 Source: BBC Turkish Among the three women killed was Sakine Cansiz. Photographs soon circulated showing her in khaki military uniform, standing alongside the leader of the...
POLITICS - Three PKK members killed in Paris attack
10 Jan 06:09An office of the Kurdish Institute of Paris was attacked by unknown...
Turkey's PKK Talks - By Jake Hess | The Middle East Channel
09 Jan 02:59Posted By Jake Hess Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 9:27 AM Share
To End Kurdish Conflict, Turkey Calls on Archenemy - NYTimes.com
03 Jan 05:21In a bid to resolve a new escalation of its conflict with Kurdish guerrillas, the Turkish government is talking to their figurehead leader languishing in an island jail. But can he deliver and is it enough? <a...
NEWS AND NEW YEAR LETTER FROM ROJ TV · SupportRojTV.com – Support speech of freedom
03 Jan 04:38NEWS AND NEW YEAR LETTER FROM ROJ TV January 3rd, 2013Posted by editor | News, Press, ROJTV Newsletter 040, January 2013 NEWS AND NEW YEAR LETTER
Danish author: Kurds lack a Gandhi | Alliance for Kurdish Rights
01 Jan 07:5501 Jan 2013 More Options Tweet Danish author: Kurds lack a Gandhi by Lillian Simonsen The Danish author Adil Erdem both rebukes and celebrates the Ku
English :: Police Brutality Hits METU Campus - Bianet
21 Dec 03:02Police Brutality Hits METU Campus
What is the role of the US in helping Turkey suppress the Kurds? | Alliance for Kurdish Rights
20 Dec 08:1820 Dec 2012 More Options Tweet What is the role of the US in helping Turkey suppress the Kurds? by Suzan Boulad (Syria) It is common knowledge among
Turkey – world’s biggest prison for journalists - Reporters Without Borders
19 Dec 02:57Coinciding with the publication of its annual roundup, Reporters Without Borders is releasing the findings of the investigation it has conducted in recent months into journalists imprisoned in Turkey. “With a total of 72 media personnel currently...
Journalist jailed on terror charges in Turkey - Committee to Protect Journalists
18 Dec 03:03Istanbul, December 17, 2012--Authorities in Turkey have arrested another reporter, news reports said, bringing to 50 the number of journalists jailed in Turkey in reprisal for their work....
Turkey's Press Freedom Crisis - Reports - Committee to Protect Journalists
17 Dec 03:22The Dark Days of Jailing Journalists and Criminalizing Dissent Turkish authorities are engaging in widespread criminal prosecution and jailing of journalists, and are applying other forms of severe pressure to promote self-censorship in the press, a...
Turkey's Problem With Media Freedom - Eugen Tomiuc - The Atlantic
12 Dec 20:13An exiled journalist talks about the prospects of bringing freedom of the press to a country whose government has imprisoned scores of his colleagues.
English :: ECHR Found Turkey Guilty For Abusing Right to Life - Bianet
12 Dec 07:29ECHR Found Turkey Guilty For Abusing Right to Life
Video: Campaign to free the press - Blog - Committee to Protect Journalists
12 Dec 07:27(CNN) The imprisonment of journalists hit a record high in 2012, driven by the growing use of anti-terrorism charges to silence critical voices. This video, a centerpiece of CPJ’s new Free the Press campaign, details the plight of imprisoned...
Journalists in prison reach record high: Turkey, Iran, and China among leading jailers - Committee to Protect Journalists
12 Dec 07:25New York, December 11, 2012--The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide reached a record high this year, a trend driven primarily by terrorism and other anti-state charges levied against critical reporters and editors, according to a new report...
English :: Turkey's Human Rights Record '12 - Part II - Bianet
12 Dec 03:38Turkey's Human Rights Record '12 - Part II
English :: Turkey's Human Rights Record '12 - Part I - Bianet
12 Dec 03:37Turkey's Human Rights Record '12 - Part I
English :: 2 Journalists Detained in Istanbul - Bianet
12 Dec 03:362 Journalists Detained in Istanbul
English :: Turkey Tops CPJ's Jailed Journalists List - Bianet
12 Dec 03:34Turkey Tops CPJ's Jailed Journalists List
New international initiative calls for peace talks « Peace in Kurdistan
07 Dec 05:53A new initiative was launched at a press conference on Monday with a call for the reopening of dialogue between the Turkish government and the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. The call, made by Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond...
Kurdish NUCE TV broadcasting again
05 Dec 08:08Kurdish news 24 hours NUCE.TV and music programme MMC today goes live after two months of imposed limit switch
NUCETV is on the air
05 Dec 08:01Have a piece of news channels #NUCE TV and music program #MMC today goes live after two months of imposed limit switch
pikcampaign « Peace in Kurdistan
03 Dec 06:46Launch of the International Peace Initiative and call from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for the Resumption of Dialogue on the Kurdish question in Turkey
Ledare vädjar till Turkiet och PKK om nya samtal - Utrikes - Utrikes
03 Dec 06:35Nobelpristagaren Desmund Tutu, den tidigare amerikanske presidenten Jimmy Carter och en rad andra världsledare vädjar nu till Turkiet och PKK att åter...
Stand Up for Freedom of Press
03 Dec 05:22Remember #AskRights about #Kurds on UN's #HumanRightsDay 10th Dec http://bit.ly/c5X6R7 . Start sending questions now! #TwitterKurds
Human Rights Day 2012
03 Dec 05:16Remember #AskRights about #Kurds on UN's #HumanRightsDay 10th Dec http://bit.ly/c5X6R7. Start sending questions now! #TwitterKurds
Long Live ROJ TV
27 Nov 07:44Support Freedom of Speach & Freedom of Press by supporting the kurdish tv-station ROJ TV
English :: Prisoners’ Health Deteriorating in Hunger Strikes - Bianet
05 Nov 14:39Prisoners’ Health Deteriorating in Hunger Strikes
Turkey: Hundreds of Kurdish Political Prisoners go on Hunger Strike · Global Voices
05 Nov 14:37Turkey: Hundreds of Kurdish Political Prisoners go on Hunger Strike
POLITICS - Turkish president calls for an end to hunger strikes
05 Nov 14:31President Abdullah Gül has renewed his calls for the termination of hunger strikes staged by hundreds...
Kurdish hunger strikers could die within 10 days – Turkish Medical Association | An Phoblacht
05 Nov 14:31KURDISH PRISONERS on hunger strike in Turkey could start to die with the next 10 days, according to Turkey’s main medical association.
Risk of death close for Turkish hunger strike: doctors| Reuters
05 Nov 14:21ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militants on hunger strike in Turkey may start to die within the next 10 days, Turkey's main medical association warned on Thursday, saying the prime minister's dismissal
Turkish police fire tear gas at hunger strike supporters (PHOTOS) — RT
05 Nov 14:21Police in Istanbul have used tear gas and water cannon on protestors supporting a hunger strike by Kurdish prisoner’s. The Turkish PM branded the strikers actions a “complete show”, but doctors warn they will start to die in the next 10 days.
Mass hunger strike in Turkish prisons enters 52nd day - CNN.com
05 Nov 14:20Turkey's government said Friday that at least 682 inmates were taking part in a hunger strike in at least 67 prisons across the country.
Turkey police crack down on Kurds - CNN.com
31 Oct 18:13About 200 Kurdish demonstrators marched up a narrow Istanbul street, behind a large banner that said, "political prisoners are our pride."
KCK Trial Resumes in Silivri Under Shadow of Hunger Strike | Alliance for Kurdish Rights
30 Sep 16:1230 Sep 2012 More Options Tweet KCK Trial Resumes in Silivri Under Shadow of Hunger Strike by Jeff Gibbs On Monday, October 1st, as Turkey writes its
KCK trials in Turkey: “Justice will not be served!” | Alliance for Kurdish Rights
29 Sep 10:1229 Sep 2012 More Options Tweet KCK trials in Turkey: “Justice will not be served!” by Alliance for Kurdish Rights The Peace in Kurdistan Campaign
Turkey: Will Kurdish Rights Be Hurt by a Hug? | EurasiaNet.org
15 Sep 02:11A government-backed campaign to strip nine Kurdish MPs of their immunity from prosecution could take Turkey back to the future in its decades-long conflict over Kurdish rights.
Dozens of Kurdish journalists face terrorism charges in Turkey | World news | The Guardian
12 Sep 07:12Human rights groups say country's biggest ever media trial is attempt to intimidate press
Turkey’s War Against the Power of the Pen | Alliance for Kurdish Rights
11 Sep 02:1311 Sep 2012 More Options Tweet Turkey’s War Against the Power of the Pen by Suzan Boulad (Syria) “[There is] no difference between the bullets fi
Time for Justice | Human Rights Watch
03 Sep 19:55This 67-page report looks at the lessons on obstacles to accountability from the ongoing trial of retired Colonel Cemal Temizöz and six others for the murder and disappearance of 20 men and boys between 1993 and 1995. It is the first such trial of...