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Why is the Islamic Republic of Iran afraid of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a leading Iranian human rights lawyer, was sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes because of her work defending women’s rights and protesting against the country’s forced hijab laws
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AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Abdullah Öcalan’s unlawful and inhumane isolation must be ended immediately
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Turkish Police likely killers of Tahir Elçi
Tahir Elçi, the Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot dead in Diyarbakır, in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast (Northern Kurdistan), on November 28, 2015, while holding a press conference calling for peace in the region
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“A Difficult Year in Turkey”? You’re tellin’ me…
International Observatory of Human Rights have added to the long list of the country’s human rights violations in their recent 2018 in Review: Human Rights Violations in Turkey
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“PKK IS NOT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION!”
Murat Güleryüz, human rights activist and Rojava Support campaigner has started a petition to the US State Department to have the PKK delisted in the U.S. as a terrorist organisation
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MYANMAR: HOLDING THE GENERALS TO ACCOUNT
“there was enough evidence to merit investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s army chief and five other top military commanders for crimes against humanity and genocide against the Rohingya.”
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As Colombia’s peace process falters, scores of social activists are being killed
Colombia, one of the most dangerous nations for human rights activists, has attempted to halt its 50-year armed conflict through a complex peace process that began in 2012
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Free At Last! Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Finally Released by Israelis
Thursday, 20 September, 2018 Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, was released from prison by the Israeli authorities after completing her last five-month prison sentence.
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Executions of Ramin Hossein Panahi “Unlawful and Unjust”
The Centre for Human Rights in Iran has issued a statement (September 10) calling the execution of Kurdish activist Ramin Hossein Panahi and the two other Kurdish prisoners “unlawful and unjust”
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Ramin Hossein Panahi, Iranian Kurd, Murdered by Regime…
Early Saturday morning, this 8 September 2018, the long wait regarding the life of Iranian Kurd, Ramin Hossein Panahi, came to an end
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Shooting the Messenger! Myanmar Journalists Jailed
On September 3, sentences of 7 years were handed down to journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, arrested in early December last year and whose only crime is that of reporting on the murder of innocent civilians in the outrage of ethnic cleansing by the military regime in Myanmar
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Irish State Rules to Deprive Vulnerable Man of Liberty
How ‘modern’ then or how relevant to contemporary developments is Ireland’s current legal system? Or maybe how compassionate is it?
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UPDATE: Ramin Hossein Panahi, How Long on Death Row..?
Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish activist, was sentenced to death in January 2018 by the Iranian regime
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China…29 years after Tiananmen. Who are China’s political prisoners?
A human rights assessment, 29 years after Tiananmen
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Why human rights groups are beginning to support the rights of non-human animals
Solidarity must extend, not only to all people but also to animals, the earth, and the environment.
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TURKEY VERDICT: “GUILTY”!
The Permanent Peoples Tribunal met on the 15 & 16 March, 2018 to examine the alleged crimes committed by the Turkish Republic against the Kurdish people
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Interview with Teresa Almeida Cravo, judge of People’s Tribunal
Ms Teresa Almeida Cravo was one of the judges at the Permanent People’s Tribunal Session on Turkey and the Kurds held in Paris March 16-17
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Human Rights. TURKEY ON ‘TRIAL’ Finally
the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal will meet on 15 & 16 March to examine the crimes committed by the Turkish Republic against the Kurdish people, both on its own (and Kurdish) territory and abroad
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Poem in November. In memory of Tahir Elçi & Sergio Finardi
Tahir Elçi, Kurdish Lawyer and Human Rights defender, assassinated November 28, 2015 in Diyarbakir; Sergio Finardi, human rights defenders, died 03 December, 2015, Chicago
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