Reacting against the targeting of civilians in the attacks on the Tishreen Dam in North and East Syria, Amed residents said, “Peoples must rise up against this oppression and not remain silent.”
Turkey and the SNA have killed 26 civilians, including journalists, artists and politicians, and wounded more than 140 citizens in the attacks against the Tishreen Dam since December 8.
Hacı Elçi was arrested 8 years ago and sentenced to life imprisonment despite his mental disability report. "He cannot meet his needs. Is this a right?" reacts mother Belkıs Elçi.
UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Nicolas Levrat stated that Azizi was given this sentence because she is a member of the Kurdish minority. "This is epitomize the situation of the Kurdish minority in Iran"
Stating that one of the reasons why the processes for the solution of the Kurdish issue have failed is the distant stance of the opposition, HDK General Assembly member Cengiz Çiçek called on the opposition to "build our own spaces of freedom and peace".
The DEM Party İmralı Delegation met with Abdullah Öcalan for the second time. “This process will make all of us live together and freely. We expect the valuable contributions of all social segments in the hope that this will be realized,” said the delegation.
Ahmet Kaya, a prisoner whose ribs and teeth were broken in a guard attack, is in a deteriorating condition due to the lack of treatment after the attack, and his jaw bones have started to melt.
Calling on everyone to take responsibility for the solution of the Kurdish issue, the members of the Peace Mothers' Assembly of Êlih emphasised that the language and practice of the AKP government must also change in line with the process.
Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office have made a new application for a meeting with their client Abdullah Öcalan.
Evaluating the murder of 2 journalists, the arrest of 13 of them and the initiation of investigations against 4 of them in the last month, representatives of journalists' professional organizations drew attention to the increasing pressure of the government and said, "This is a climate of fear."
Pointing to the serious violations of rights in prisons, "It would be a correct determination to associate the rights violations in Turkey with İmralı," says Ayşe Şehriban Demirel, spokesperson of the ÖHD Prisons Commission
Stating that Turkey and the SNA continue to attack the Tishreen Dam, "Despite all the attacks of Turkey, the people do not step back. International conventions and the law of war are ignored in the region," says Journalist Doğan Cihan.
Chair of IHD Qers Branch Güldane Kılıç emphasised that the first step for the solution of the Kurdish issue must be the complete lifting of the isolation and the opening of negotiations.
Esaad Hasan Sheibani the Foreign Minister of the interim administration in Syria, said in Kurdish: "Kurds add beauty and light to the diversity of the Syrian people."
IHD Istanbul Branch announced its 3-month report on the prisons in the Marmara Region and found 1,572 violations in these prisons and 144 violations in İmralı Prison.