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KHRP Releases New Fact-Finding Mission Report and Briefing Paper |
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
KHRP is pleased to announce the publication of a new fact-finding mission report on the human rights situation in south-east Turkey and the release of a briefing paper exploring ongoing efforts to shut down political parties and prosecute politicians who question secularist, nationalist Turkish ideology.
KHRP's latest fact-finding mission report, Return to a State of Emergency? Protecting Human Rights in South-East Turkey, is based on the findings of a KHRP mission to the region in March 2008 to investigate the situation there following recent military operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Amid the increased unrest, the provinces of Şırnak, Hakkari and Siirt had been declared high-security zones and checkpoints had been set up in neighbouring areas. In the course of wide-ranging interviews, mission members noted a general consensus that the situation in these regions had deteriorated over the last two years, although it had not reached the same levels of oppression and human rights violations seen in the 1990s. The mission found that the human rights most affected by the conflict were freedom of expression, thought and association, although torture, ill-treatment and extra-judicial killings were also occurring.
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KHRP Welcomes Release of German Nationals Kidnapped in Turkey |
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
KHRP welcomes the release of three German nationals who were reportedly taken hostage by the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) earlier this month.
The trio, who were part of a 13-member climbing team on an expedition on Mount Ararat, Agri province, were freed unharmed on 20 July.
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** New Employment Opportunities at KHRP ** |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
The Kurdish Human Rights Project is pleased to announce new vacancies for a Legal Officer/Legal Director (MATERNITY COVER - 12 month contract beginning 15 October) and Legal Associate (1 year contract, with possibility of renewal).
Each of these roles offers a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the work of KHRP in making full use of international mechanisms to protect the human rights of people living in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere. KHRP is a registered charity founded in London in 1992, which works with a number of partner organisations in the regions. KHRP pioneered the practice of bringing individual petitions before the European Court of Human Rights and functions as a catalyst for justice through its analysis, advocacy and action.
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KHRP Condemns Kidnapping of German Nationals in Turkey |
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 |
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KHRP is deeply concerned by the reported kidnapping of three German nationals by the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The individuals, who were part of a 13-member climbing team on an expedition on Mount Ararat, Agri province, were reportedly taken hostage when five PKK fighters approached their camp on 9 July.
According to a statement by the PKK’s armed wing, the People’s Defense Forces (HPG), the incident is a response to alleged German policies against the Kurds and the PKK, and the hostages will not be released until these are fully renounced. The claims are likely to be related to the recent banning in Germany of the Kurdish satellite TV channel ROJ TV as well as a series of raids on Kurdish organisations in Germany. HPG was quoted as saying that the hostages are safe and in good health, calling on the Turkish authorities to stop any military action in the region which might harm them.
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Kurdish Children's Choir Acquitted of Charges under Anti-Terror Law (Updated) |
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 |
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KHRP is pleased to announce that for the second time this year where it was the only international observer, trial proceedings that should never have been initiated have ended in acquittals.
On 3 July 2008, a Turkish court acquitted six members of a children's choir charged after singing a Kurdish song at a folk festival in San Francisco last autumn. Three other children charged in the same case had earlier been acquitted on 19 June.
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