Kamaran Osman, CPT’s Iraq representative, warned that Turkey is preparing for a new war in the Zap and Avaşîn regions of the Kurdistan Region, building new military bases while continuing large-scale deforestation, even during on-going peace talks.
The release of political prisoner Hakki Ay, held at Elazığ Type-1 High Security Closed Prison, was postponed for six months after he told the Prison Administration and Observation Board, “A person can’t regret something they didn’t do.”
The security delegation of Iraq and the Federated Kurdistan Region, led by the Iraqi National Security Advisor, travelled to Tehran for a series of meetings.
It has been reported that journalist Huseyin Aykol, who was intubated following a brain hemorrhage in Ankara, will be put back into an induced coma.
Aleppo Internal Security Forces announced that an armed attack and assassination attempt was carried out by the paramilitary forces of the Syrian Interim Government against one of their points in the vicinity of Sheikhmaqsud (Şêxmeqsûd) neighbourhood of Aleppo last night.
The Peace Mothers, who held their conference, gave the message that the freedom of the peoples passes through the physical freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.
Reacting to recent prison and detention rulings issued in Ağrı, Azad Akbulut, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Ağrı Branch, stated that “the judiciary must issue decisions that strengthen social peace and fulfill the requirements of a democratic society.”
Responding to the Turkish Parliament’s recent Kurdish-language post on its official X account following Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş’s speech in Amed (Diyarbakır), Birhat Duman, an executive of the Kurdish Language and Culture Development Association (KURDÎGEH), said: “Kurds will not accept this double approach. The real solution is to remove the barriers before the Kurdish language.”
Journalist Huseyin Aykol, who was intubated after suffering two brain haemorrhages, is still in a stable condition.
Speaking in front of the prison after the visiting former HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, DEM Party Co-chairs emphasized that implementing the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rulings and releasing Demirtaş, Figen Yüksekdağ, and all Kobanê case prisoners would be “one of the most important steps” in the ongoing process toward peace and democratization.
Administrators of the Wan (Van) Association for Solidarity with Families of Prisoners and Convicts (TUHAY-DER) said that the first concrete step toward ensuring a fair and democratic process must be the implementation of the “right to hope” for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Ill prisoenr has been held in Kırşehir S-Type for 31 years Cemil Ivrendi's release has been postponed 3 times. "They are waiting for me to die in prison, no one is taking responsibility," he said.
As part of the assimilation policies systematically implemented since the early years of the Republic, 379 of Agirî’s (Ağrı) 576 villages have had their original names changed.
Making a call for the rally to be held in Esenyurt Square, Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party member Ahmet Tuzun said that they will raise their voices against the unlawful practices of the government.
Highlighting the state policies of denial against the Kurdish language, women participating in a recent workshop in Wan (Van) emphasized that the struggle for Kurdish must be carried out on both social and political grounds.