HUMAN RIGHTS

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• New mass grave found in Dargeçit 

  A new mass grave has been discovered in a cave near the village of Dilan (Ulaş) in the Dargeçit district of Mardin province. The human remains found in the Pekurte cave are thought to be of people who were abducted by JITEM in the 1990s.
• PKK inmates transferred from Imralı to Tekirdağ put in solitary 

  It has been revealed that PKK inmates Cumali Karsu, Bayram Kaymaz and Hakkı Alpan, who were recently transferred from the Imralı island prison to the Tekirdağ F Type prison, are being held in solitary confinement.
• ISIL may have committed genocide in Iraq, says UN human rights report 

  A report by the United Nations human rights office says that the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant may have committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in its attacks against ethnic and religious groups in the country.
• Kurdish political inmate dies because of negligence in prison 

  Political prisoners jailed in Turkey and North Kurdistan continue losing their lives as a result of state policies, severe conditions in prisons and negligence of the problems of ill prisoners.
• EP passes resolution to protect minorities from ISIS 

  European Parliament passed a resolution urgently calling for the establishment of save haven for the Syriacs and Assyrians in Nineveh Plains and Khabour.
• Yazidis in Amed demonstrate for the right to life 

  Yazidis sheltered in Fidanlık camp which belongs to Yenişehir Municipality in the main Kurdish city Amed held a demonstration demanding the assurance of their right to life.
• Quantum on trial – Özgür Amed 

  Kurdish journalist Özgür Amed writes about the background of the prison sentence given to him without any concrete evidences.
• IHD President: Mr Öcalan should be able to contact his organisation 

  The President of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (IHD), Öztürk Türkdoğan, said the Turkish government should take steps appropriate to the joint declaration made with the HDP.
• IHD releases report on right violations in 2014 

  IHD General President Öztürk Türkdoğan said that right violations in Turkey have recorded an increase in parallel with the government's increasing tendency of authoritarianism for the last several years.
• Relatives of the missing in Kurdistan call for justice 

  Relatives of people who disappeared after being taken into custody during the 1990s and human rights activists continued their protests in Amed, Batman, Cizre and Yüksekova yesterday.
• ‘Join ISIS’ propaganda in Van children’s prison 

  Following the ill treatment and torture of child prisoners in the Van M Type Prison, another scandal has emerged. Children have told their lawyers that people in the prison are trying to indoctrinate them by telling them to join ISIS.
• IHD: Children in prison continue suffering ill treatment, abuse and rape 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) in Turkey has issued a statement highlighting the ill treatment, sexual abuse and rape of children in prisons in Van, Şakran, Pozantı and Sincan and called for children’s rights to be protected.
• HDP calls on international agencies to take action against executions in Iran 

  People’s Democratic Party vice co-chair Meral Danış Bektaş has called on international agencies and institutions to take urgent action against death sentences and executions in Iran.
• AFAD camp on Armenian mass grave 

  It has emerged that a state-run AFAD camp set up near Suruç for refugees from Kobanê is located on the site of a massacre of Armenians in 1895.
• Rape suspects cleared while Pozantı child victims face life terms 

  While charges against prison officers accused of raping and sexually abusing children in the Pozantı children’s jail have been dropped, 4 of the victims are going on trial and facing life sentences.
• Saman Naseem and Efşarî brothers executed 

  Political prisoners Saman Naseem, and brothers Ali Efşarî and Habîbullah Efşarî in Urmia prison have been executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Mother tongue education for Kobanê children in Erciş 

  KURDİ-DER provides education and psychological support for children from Kobanê who came to Erciş following the attacks of the ISIS gangs.
• AI: Death row juvenile offender at risk of secret execution 

  Saman Naseem was transferred from Oroumieh Central Prison to an unknown location on 18 February 2015. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
• Kurds in Japan protest against Iran 

  Kurdish people in Tokyo have protested the decision to execute the Kurdish political prisoner Saman Naseem, who is accused of being a member of PJAK in Iran.
• Protest in Stockholm to stop the execution of Saman Nesim 

  A demonstration was held yesterday (Wednesday) at 20:30 in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm to protest death sentences in Iran and to stop the execution of Kurdish political prisoner Saman Nesim.
• Six political inmates in Urmia prison at risk of imminent execution 

  Six political inmates in Urmiye prison are at risk of imminent execution.
• IHD: 2,082 violations of children's rights in Kurdish region in 2014 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed Branch has disclosed the 'Report of 2014 on Violations of Children's Rights in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Regions' at a press conference in the main Kurdish city.
• Child and sick prisoners in Van suffer repression 

  HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) MP Özdal Üçer tabled a parliamentary question denouncing violations of rights of child and sick prisoners in Van M Type Closed Prison, F Type Prison and Gürpınar K1 Type Prison.
• Iran Human Rights organization on President Rohani's remarks 

  Iran Human Rights organization on President Rohani's remarks
• Four years ago Ceylan was killed 

  Four years ago Ceylan was killed