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Teacher suffering from cancer jailed over alleged Gülen links - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-04 06:27Lawyer for Kurdish family massacred in Konya receiving death threats - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-03 23:43Pro-Kurdish party calls on Turkey to recognize Yazidi massacre as genocide - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-03 23:43Commander Çelê pays tribute to commander Cahide: "This war will be won by the strength of women"
ANF - 2021-08-03 10:30 Speaking about Cahide Kahraman, one of the leading female commanders of the freedom movement, Şilan Çelê, a fellow HPG commander, said: "Heval Cahide was fighting bravely against the enemy with the hope of freedom." ...
Journalist faces investigation for criticizing authorities over failure to protect Kurdish family killed in Konya - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-02 23:51Rights organizations condemn racist attack against Kurdish family in Konya - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-02 21:51US representatives introduce legislation calling for sanctions on Turkish officials violating human rights - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-02 06:5844 women journalists subjected to police violence, 13 detained to date in 2021 - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-08-01 02:22US calls on Turkey to reopen Halki Seminary on 50th anniversary of its closure - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-31 17:40US slaps sanctions on Syria armed group with Turkey links - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-31 17:12Germany rejected Turkey’s request to hand over writer critical of Erdoğan government - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-30 06:54Investigation launched into Turkish mayor for targeting refugees - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-30 06:54Questions linger over Turkey’s arrest of man behind ByLock - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-30 06:53American flag stands for freedom | Commentary | norfolkdailynews.com
Norfolkdailynews - 2021-07-28 22:52CFWIJ demands action to end police brutality against journalists in Turkey
ANF - 2021-07-28 17:02 The international association CFWIJ sees police violence against women journalists in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan as one of the most pressing problems for press freedom and has launched a petition. ...
US appeals court rejects Turkey’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit against Erdoğan guards - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-28 16:59Sunday View | संडे व्यू: अब भारत ‘आंशिक आजाद’, चीनी हैकर्स ज्यादा खतरनाक | Articles On Freedom House Report India, China Cyber Attacks, Narendra Modi
Thequint - 2021-07-28 00:5748 bar associations condemn pro-government newspaper for targeting colleagues protesting hate crimes against Kurds - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-27 23:58Kurdish author on hit list targeting AKP critics in exile attacked in Wales - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-27 22:30German police tell former MP he’s on hit list targeting gov’t critics in exile - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-27 10:36Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş granted 2021 Human Rights Award by German city - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-23 23:51European court rules Turkey violated ex-police officer’s rights over ByLock use - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-22 17:21KCK: The repression and genocide attacks against Kurds will not go unanswered
ANF - 2021-07-22 14:26 KCK calls on all the Kurdish people to show solidarity and to intensify their struggle for freedom and democracy everywhere in order to put an end to the attacks. ...
Erdoğan's one-man rule: Turkey since failed 2016 coup - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-22 11:18German police warn Turkish editor about hit list targeting journalists in exile - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-22 08:55Families and inmates mark fourth Eid without contact visitation - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-22 08:55Turkish police beat and detain people commemorating victims of Suruç massacre - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-22 00:48Hate crimes against Kurds on the rise in Turkey with attacks in 2 different provinces - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-21 23:38Journalist sues judge for damages over belated release from prison - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-20 23:41Turkish police beat and detain 19 people commemorating victims of 2015 ISIS attack in Suruç - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-20 07:473 detained for dancing on gate of Armenian church in İstanbul - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-19 17:02USCIRF demands US recognize Syria’s Autonomous Administration
NPA Syria - 2021-07-19 08:58 WASHINGTON, US (North Press) – On Sunday, the US Committee for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to urge the State Department to provide support and political recognition for the Autonomous Administrat ...
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign celebrates the Rojava Revolution
ANF - 2021-07-19 08:06 Nine years ago, on 19 July 2012, the Kurds found their own “Freedom Day” when the people of Kobane took control of their own destiny, repelling Assad’s Syrian forces and embarked on establishing their own self-government. ...
Came to fight, stayed for the freedom: why more Kurdish women are taking up arms | Kurds | The Guardian
The Guardian - 2021-07-19 07:28Prosecutor finds no grounds for legal action against policemen who mistreated Kurdish family - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-18 12:40Guerrilla Vejin Agirî, a torch that will never go out
ANF - 2021-07-17 11:04 Vejin Agirî has devoted herself to the freedom of Kurdistan, like thousands of young men and women who became immortal in the mountains of freedom. ...
HDP co-chair rules out possibility of new peace talks between gov’t, Kurdish militants - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-16 19:39ECtHR poses questions to Turkish gov’t on processing of raw ByLock data - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-16 17:02Kurdish women speak out for freedom
Green Left Weekly - 2021-07-16 07:12 Mira Ibrahim, Shelan Khodedah and Zeynep Korkmaz share their personal stories illustrating the struggle for liberation of the Kurdish and Yezidi people. ...
İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a car, lawyer says - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-16 06:3823,364 personnel expelled from military over Gülen links since coup attempt: minister - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-16 06:38Pro-government social media account publishes a hit list of exiled Turkish journalists - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-15 07:17Gunman attacks pro-Kurdish party office in Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-15 00:0914 press organizations protest police violence against Turkish journalists - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-14 19:53Journalist reporting on police brutality says authorities targeted her family because of her work - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-14 12:47Turkey violates religious freedom in Syria: US Human Rights Commission
NPA Syria - 2021-07-14 09:29 QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – In a virtual meeting of United States Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held on Tuesday, US officials and organizations condemned Turkey’s violations of religious freedom in northern Syria. Nadine Maenza, chair o ...
Πελώνη για freedom pass: Ο Τσίπρας κρίνει εξ' ιδίων τα αλλότρια | Έθνος
Ethnos - 2021-07-14 02:42Woman imprisoned on Gülen links denied release from prison despite suffering from multiple sclerosis - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-14 01:10Mother with 13-month-old detained in İstanbul over Gülen links - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-13 01:39Educator abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish spies arrested on terrorism charges - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-13 01:38Government should not restrict freedom of press, expression: new US Consul General
Rûdaw - 2021-07-12 15:35Ferzende Abi and his song for the martyrs of the 14 July Great Death Fast Resistance
ANF - 2021-07-12 10:52 Ferzende Abi, 66, commemorated the martyrs of the 14 July Great Death Fast Resistance, who made him join the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle, with a song he wrote and sang. ...
Journalists, politicians protest in Berlin after attack on exiled Turkish journalist - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-11 22:58Turkey must grant freedom to opposition parties:... | Rudaw.net
Rûdaw - 2021-07-10 16:32EP slams Turkey for pressure on opposition, particularly HDP - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-10 16:32PM Barzani and Peace and Freedom Front’s Jarba discuss resolution to Syrian conflict
Kurdistan24 - 2021-07-10 16:32Gunman gets suspended sentence for 2016 attack on journalist - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-10 10:30PACE welcomes release of opposition MP Gergerlioğlu - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-09 20:52Turkey’s terrorism financing law tightens gov’t control of civil society: Venice Commission - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-08 06:10Ex-MP says his release is a harbinger of freedom for all pro-Kurdish party members - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-08 00:05Manbij youth: We will defend our people alongside our forces
ANF - 2021-07-07 20:16 Manbij Youth Movement condemned the attacks of the occupant Turkish state and announced their participation in the campaign “Join the Freedom Fight”. ...
Peace and Freedom Front discuses Syrian situation in Erbil
NPA Syria - 2021-07-07 18:42 ERBIL, Iraq (North Press) – On Wednesday, the leadership body of the Peace and Freedom Front held a meeting in Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which will last for two days, where they will discuss the political solution in Syria. The meeting will d ...
Erdoğan confirms rendition of educator by Turkish intelligence from Kyrgyzstan - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-07 13:13Turkish interior minister visited mass torture site, personally witnessed abuse that continued after he left - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-07 13:13Serhat's rebellious hero: Guerrilla Canfeda Zilan
ANF - 2021-07-06 12:00 Canfeda Zilan joined the freedom struggle in 2012. He learned about guerrillas in the rebellious, steep and majestic mountains of Zagros. ...
Erdoğan once again on RSF’s list of ‘Press Freedom Predators’ - english
Bianet - 2021-07-06 09:47Kurdish man beaten by prison guards for resisting strip-search - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-06 09:31Erdoğan among the “Press freedom predators” on RSF list
ANF - 2021-07-05 22:01 RSF’s 2021 “Press freedom predators” gallery – old tyrants, two women and a European. ...
Sancar: Freedom can be achieved through a common struggle
ANF - 2021-07-05 19:51 Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said that “The only way to defend freedom is to expand the common struggle. There is no resistance without a joint struggle.” ...
Democracy forces endorse HDP
ANF - 2021-07-05 19:06 Labour and democracy forces held a meeting in Ankara saying, “We defend the HDP's right to do politics”. At the meeting, it was emphasized that freedom is not possible without action. ...
Son, 3 others detained while demanding ex-MP’s release from prison - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-05 16:51Court rules closure of Özgür Gündem newspaper was unconstitutional
ANF - 2021-07-04 16:46 Turkish Constitutional Court decided that the temporary closure of the pro-Kurdish newspaper "Özgür Gündem" in August 2016 violated freedom of the press and freedom of expression and was therefore unconstitutional. ...
Turkish journalist and press freedom advocate Hakkı Boltan sentenced to 2 years in prison for insulting president and prime minister - Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ - 2021-07-03 03:58YouTube removes Erdoğan aide’s video for violating ‘hate speech’ rules - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 23:46Turkey increased renditions, detentions and surveillance of its Uyghur population: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 23:10Top court upholds prison sentences in MİT trucks probe - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 23:10Turkey's top court says jailed former lawmaker's rights were violated - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 21:23Turkish Parliament receives proceedings against 20 MPs including opposition leader - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 16:51How women of Isis in Syrian camps are marrying way to freedom | Islamic State | The Guardian
The Guardian - 2021-07-02 16:10Under Investigation For Causing ‘Social Unrest,’ Independent News Website The Wire And Indian Journalists Top Ranking Of ‘10 Most Urgent’ Press Freedom Cases
Forbes - 2021-07-02 10:52Journalist Hakkı Boltan should not go to prison for exercising his freedom of speech, CPJ says - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 10:52Family of missing Kurdish woman starts sit-in at Tunceli courthouse - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-02 01:03Turkey included on US list of countries implicated in use of child soldiers: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-01 20:15Indian journalists top ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases - The Boston Globe
Bostonglobe - 2021-07-01 11:36Committee to Protect Journalists calls for information on detained North Press journalist
NPA Syria - 2021-07-01 11:06 QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – On Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent non-profit that promotes press freedom, published a statement calling for information on the whereabouts of detained journalist Bassam Safar. On June ...
Turkey threatened Turkish Cypriot presidential candidates, interfered in 2020 election: report - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-07-01 10:52Rights organizations condemn police crackdown on Pride march in İstanbul - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-06-30 19:33‘Turkish police tried to kill me,’ prominent photojournalist Kılıç claims - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-06-30 15:56Twitter users call on Turkish authorities to postpone cancer patient’s prison sentence - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-06-30 08:10European court rules Turkey violated top judge’s rights - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-06-30 08:09Kapper Rosh: "Na tranen en hard werken volgt "Freedom" | Omroep Venray
Omroepvenray - 2021-06-30 02:59Prosecutor finds no grounds for legal action against policemen who allegedly mistreated Kurdish minors - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-06-29 19:28Growing repression against peace delegates in Frankfurt
ANF - 2021-06-28 18:11 During the arrival of part of the "Delegation for Peace and Freedom in Kurdistan" on Sunday at Frankfurt Airport, there were attacks by the evidence and arrest unit. ...
HPJ commander Deniz: The guerrilla resistance is important for the whole of Kurdistan
ANF - 2021-06-28 11:52 HPJ commander, Berfîn Deniz, said: "We can organize ourselves according to these experiences” and added that the resistance of the freedom guerrillas against the Turkish state is an important experience for the whole of Kurdistan. ...
Police take brutal action against Defend Kurdistan delegation at Frankfurt airport
ANF - 2021-06-27 17:46 German police harassed members of the "Delegation for Peace and Freedom in Kurdistan" at Frankfurt airport. Several delegates had their heads pressed against the wall, and one activist was taken away. ...
Voices call for freedom of North Press journalist in Damascus
NPA Syria - 2021-06-26 19:45 The Free Media Union in North and East #Syria and human rights organizations demanded the security forces of the Syrian government release writer and journalist Bassam Safar. The post Voices call for freedom of North Press journalist in Damascus appeared ...
Top court to review rights defender, former MP Gergerlioğlu’s application on July 1 - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholmcf - 2021-06-26 06:32Valérie Bacot: Freedom for abused French woman who killed husband
BBC - 2021-06-26 00:51 Valérie Bacot's story of abuse shocked France, but she still served a year in jail. ...
KBDH: Our promise to Deniz will be revolution
ANF - 2021-06-25 19:28 "As KBDH, our promise to Deniz will be revolution. We will call those responsible for her murder to account, we will be Deniz and we will carry the struggle for women's freedom to victory." ...
