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Turkey · TurkeyReconnaissance drones of Turkey are circling over parts of the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria. According to the Hawar news agency (ANHA), the flights are focused on the canton of Afrin/Shehba. Since the morning, large parts of the region have been overflown by the Turkish state's armed combat drones without any significant interruption. The people are worried as Turkey has already carried out around a hundred drone attacks again…See the Story
Reconnaissance drone activity over Afrin-Shehba Canton
Turkey · TurkeyAccording to the Hawar News Agency (ANHA), the gangs of the occupying Turkish state set fire to the agricultural fields under the control of the occupiers in the eastern countryside of Zirgan district. According to the report, the fire spread towards Mihermelê village. The fire brigade and emergency teams extinguished the fire and stand ready to protect the agricultural fields. The occupying Turkish state and its gangs set fire to pastures, fore…See the Story
Turkish state’s gangs set fire to agricultural lands in Rojava
Turkey · TurkeyIn recent weeks, many regions in North Kurdistan have been subjected to arbitrary and systematic bans. According to Şırnak governor’s office, the region of Gabar Mountain, located in the rural areas of Şırnak and Güçlükonak district, as well as the region of Cudi Mountain, located on the borders of Şirnak center, Silopi and Cizre districts, were declared a "Temporary Special Security Zone" for 15 days. The Governorate announced that entry to bot…See the Story
Access to Gabar and Cudi mountains banned once again
Turkey · TurkeyJineolojî (Women’s Science) researcher Nagihan Akarsel was murdered by the Turkish intelligence service outside her home in the southern Kurdish metropolis of Sulaymaniyah on 4 October 2022. One project that the Kurdish woman worked on for a long time was the Women's Research Centre in Sulaymaniyah, which was completed by her colleagues and opened in June 2023. Another institution where Nagihan Akarsel's work continues is the study centre named …See the Story
Martyr Nagihan Akarsel Reading House in Aleppo strengthens solidarity and socialisation
ISIS · TurkeyThe Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has sentenced an ISIS returnee to one year and nine months in prison. The 36-year-old woman from Detmold was found guilty of, among other things, membership of a foreign terrorist organisation, as the court announced yesterday. However, the woman will not have to go to prison: the sentence is considered "completely served" because she has already served time on remand in Iraq. Fatima M. is originally from Che…See the Story
Female ISIS member sentenced to prison in Germany
Turkey · TurkeyEvery day new ones are added to the rights violations, oppression and arbitrary practices of the Turkish state against prisoners. Lawyer Zeki Binbir stated that nearly 400 prisoners’ right to conditional release of has been cancelled on arbitrary grounds. Speaking to ANF, Zeki Binbir, Co-spokesperson of the Prison Commission of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), said: "Political prisoners are being prevented by the judiciary. This obs…See the Story
Lawyer Binbir: Prisoners are not released by arbitrary decisions
Kurds · TurkeyThe attacks of Iranian forces against Kurdish kolbars continue. Since the beginning of May, 4 Kurdish kolbars have lost their lives as a result of direct fire of Iranian forces in the border areas of Bane and Seqiz (Saqqez) cities of East Kurdistan. The information about the murdered kolbars since the beginning of May is as follows: On 1 May, a kolbar named Hêmin Ahmedî was killed in the Bestamî border area of Seqiz city as a result of the fire …See the Story
Iranian forces kill 4 more Kurdish kolbars
Turkey · TurkeyThe final hearing of the retrial against six journalists and a distributor working for Özgürlükçü Demokrasi [Libertarian Democracy] newspaper concluded. At the hearing held at Istanbul 23rd High Criminal Court, journalists were charged with "being an illegal organisation member", "making illegal organisation propaganda", "inciting people to hatred and hostility" and "praising crime and criminals". The court acquitted journalist Mizgin Fendik and…See the Story