content tagged with Newroz 2022

HDP demands an effective investigation into 16-year-old Aksem’s death

HDP demands an effective investigation into 16-year-old Aksem’s death

“In order to bring the death of Aksem into light in all aspects, an effective investigation must be conducted immediately and the responsible ones must definitely be revealed,” said Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-Chair Pervin Buldan.

Bar Association: Two 5-year-olds taken into custody at Diyarbakır Newroz

COMPLAINT AGAINST PROSECUTOR

Bar Association: Two 5-year-olds taken into custody at Diyarbakır Newroz

The Diyarbakır Bar has announced that the children were detained due to their traditional wear and they were fingerprinted in the meantime. The Bar has filed a complaint against the law enforcement officers and prosecutor of the investigation.

At least 298 people, including 74 children, detained during Diyarbakır Newroz

At least 298 people, including 74 children, detained during Diyarbakır Newroz

Okan Alptekin, a member of the Diyarbakır Bar Association LGBTI+ Rights Commission, says that women and LGBTI+s were subjected to discrimination while entering the Newroz site in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır province.

‘Release the children detained during Diyarbakır Newroz'

DİYARBAKIR BAR

‘Release the children detained during Diyarbakır Newroz'

“The practice that violates children’s fundamental rights and freedoms must be swiftly abandoned and the children deprived of their freedom must be released,” says the Child Rights Center of the Diyarbakır Bar.

Diyarbakır Newroz celebrated with joy amid security forces’ policy of intimidation

IMPRESSIONS FROM DİYARBAKIR

Diyarbakır Newroz celebrated with joy amid security forces’ policy of intimidation

The Diyarbakır Newroz took place under the shadow of security forces' use of force and intimidation: Top issues on the people’s agenda were the economy, feminicides and climate of oppression.

22 March 2022 Ali Safa Korkut

Tens of thousands gather for Newroz in Diyarbakır

Tens of thousands gather for Newroz in Diyarbakır

The long queues in front of the search points could not hinder the folk dances in Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır’s Bağlar. The streets of the Kurdish-majority province were filled with thousands heading for the celebration site.

21 March 2022 Umut Ali Adalı