Urgent Action; Kurdish Juvenile offender Amanj Veisee has been sentenced to death for the second time, after a retrial Juvenile offender Amanj Veisee has been sentenced to death for the second time, after a retrial....
The indefinite, round-the-clock curfews that the AKP government has declared in Turkeys Kurdish provinces since August 16, 2015 continue to deepen the emergency situation that undermines basic human rights and freedoms in the region, including...
European Parliament Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri has commentated how the civilians were leaving the basement in Sur; “There are serious human rights violations taking place and the desperation of many people is getting bigger”. Minister...
The Iranian government holds thousands citizens in prison, among them hundreds of political activists, dissidents, journalists and members of banned exiled political parties. The government sees and deals with them strictly as a security issue....
A hearing for summary judgement in the case of of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan was held in Athens. The decision of the case will be declared within 3 to 12 months, and lawyer Rachiotis...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – Yousef Kakehmami, an Iranian Kurd already serving a nine-year sentence in Oroumieh Central Prison, was sentenced to five more years for writing a letter to the United Nations (UN). Kakehmami...
20 Kurdish magazine and newspapers in one city were closed down by Iranian government According to news agency Kurdpa, Press General Office of the Ministry of Culture said in a previous statement last year, the...
According to Mafnew, Mostafapour, a 25-year-old political prisoner, was expected to be released this year. He was arrested in 1991 on a charge of being related to one of the Kurdish political parties. He was...
USA and Syrian Kurdish forces have agreed upon a joint operation to liberate Jarabulus and Manbij cities on the west bank of Euphrates River. A source revealed to BasNews that a number of US officials...
According to London Times, Turkish border forces are shooting refugees dead as they flee the civil war in Syria, The Times has learnt. Sixteen migrants, including three children, were killed by guards as they crossed...