Why does the Committee enforced ECHR ruling on Azerbaijan avoid acting against Turkey?
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, which ensured Azerbaijan implemented a ECHR ruling, has failed to take similar steps against Turkey, despite Ankara’s 11-year refusal to recognize the “right to hope.” PACE member Berdan Öztürk said the recent dissolution of the PKK removes all of Turkey’s justifications for inaction: “They have no excuse left.”
Journalist Aykol taken into surgery again
Journalist Hüseyin Aykol, who suffered a brain haemorrhage for the second time, has been taken into surgery again.
The plan to move Tehran without water: The regime is the cause of the crisis
Iran’s capital, Tehran, is grappling with a severe water shortage and ground subsidence crisis, prompting government discussions about relocating the capital. However, Prof. Dr. Nasser Karami, an Iranian geographer and climate scientist, argues that the root of the crisis lies in the regime’s policies and lack of governance capacity.
Right to treatment of Zeinab Jalalian being denied
Right to treatment of prisoner Zeinab Jalalian is being denied as her health condition is getting worse.
‘Kurdish people’s demand is freedom of Abdullah Öcalan’
Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Batman MP, Zeynep Oduncu Kutevi, stated that the Kurdish people’s single and unwavering demand is the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, calling on everyone to join the struggle to ensure the success of the ongoing process.
15 people arrested in Bursa
15 people were arrested together with Turgay Erdem, former mayor of Nilüfer district.
Journalist Hakan Tosun's brain death occurred
Ecologist and journalist Hakan Tosun, who is being treated in intensive care, has died. While two suspects were arrested, his friends and journalism organisations stressed the need to expose the murder.
Women's and youth to be heard in the Parliamen's commission
The commission in the Parliament will listen to youth and women's organisations at its meeting this week in the occasion of the Kurdish issue. Women's organisations will include the TJA and the "I Need Peace Women's Initiative".
Asrin Law Office lawyers go to İmralı
Lawyers from Asrin Law Office went to İmralı Island to meet with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
11 years since the killing of Kadri Bağdu: The case must be reopened
Lawyer Tugay Bek stated that the investigation into the killing of journalist Kadri Bağdu, a worker of the Free Press and distributor for the now-closed Azadiya Welat newspaper, was deliberately left superficial, saying: “The case can only be solved if it is treated as a political assassination.”
2 arrest in connection with attack on journalist Tosun
Lawyer Hakan Bozyurt made a statement regarding the attack on journalist Hakan Tosun and announced that 2 people were arrested.
Abdullah Ocalan poster in Êlih rally
A giant poster of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was unveiled at the "Democratic Society and Freedom" rally in Êlih (Batman).
‘Conference of Peoples and Faiths’ issues final declaration
The final declaration of the “Conference of Peoples, Faiths, and Democratic Coexsitence in Mesopotamia” criticized “delaying tactics and pressures for disarmament in Rojava”, describing them as attempts to undermine and obstruct the peace process.
Journalist Tosun found beaten on the roadside
Journalist and documentary director Hakan Tosun, who had not been heard from since the night of 10 October, was found beaten on the roadside. Tosun, who was stated to have had a brain haemorrhage, was taken under treatment in the intensive care unit.
Pastor Peker: Without legal reforms, the peace process will remain symbolic
Syriac Protestant Church Pastor Enver Peker emphasized that discussions at the peace table must focus on the future rather than past grievances and stated, “Without legal reforms, the process will remain only in words.”