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Orhan v Turkey ('Disappearance'/ Village Destruction) In a judgment of 18 June 2002, the European Court of Human Rights ordered Turkey to pay a total of £100 000 to Salih Orhan for the 1994 burning...
View ArticleCOUNCIL OF EUROPE ADOPTS NEW RESOLUTION ON TURKISH SECURITY FORCES IN LIGHT...
COUNCIL OF EUROPE ADOPTS NEW RESOLUTION ON TURKISH SECURITY FORCES IN LIGHT OF CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES For immediate release - 11th July 2002 Yesterday, on 10 July 2002, the Committee of...
View ArticleTURKISH GOVERNMENT's 'VILLAGE GUARD' SYSTEM UNDERLIES MURDER OF THREE KURDISH...
Three days ago, on 9 July 2002, Yusuf Unal, Abdulsamet Unal and Abdurrahim Unal, former residents of the village of Nurettin in Mus Province in eastern Turkey, were allegedly murdered by local village...
View ArticleKURDISH WOMAN EMERGES VICTORIOUS IN CASE AGAINST TURKEY OVER HUSBAND'S MURDER
Ekinci v. Turkey (Killing) Yesterday, 16 July 2002, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a decision in favour of Ülkü Ekinci who claimed that the 1994 murder of her husband, Yusuf Ekinci, a...
View ArticleBAKU-CEYHAN PROJECT BREAKS GROUND, FAILS TO ALLAY RESERVATIONS
BAKU-CEYHAN PROJECT BREAKS GROUND, FAILS TO ALLAY RESERVATIONS Press Release from KHRP, Corner House, Ilisu Dam Campaign September 18, 2002: The elaborate formal ground-breaking ceremony for the...
View ArticleTURKISH COURT COMMUTES OCALAN DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The state security court in Turkey has commuted the death sentence of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan to life imprisonment with no chance of parole or amnesty, reported the state-run Anatolian news...
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BP's new Caspian Pipeline: Fit for Public Funding?
BAKU CEYHAN CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE Expert Seminar: BP's new Caspian Pipeline: Fit for Public Funding? BP's new oil project a "disaster waiting to happen", say Campaigners BP Refuses to Discuss Concerns...
View ArticleLEGITIMACY OF RECENT TURKISH ELECTIONS IN SERIOUS DOUBT
A recent mission to the south-east of Turkey undertaken by the Kurdish Human Rights Project has uncovered serious allegations of malfeasance by the army and state in the recent parliamentary elections....
View ArticleKHRP SENDS CRITIQUE ON TURKEY'S FAILURE TO MEET ACCESSION CRITERIA TO MAIN...
The Kurdish Human Rights Project, an independent NGO with specialist knowledge of the Kurdish regions of southeast Turkey, has compiled a detailed short critique of Turkey’s continuing deficiencies in...
View ArticleControversial BP pipeline Delayed
Friends of the Earth, Kurdish Human Rights Project, The Corner House, PLATFORM and Ilisu Dam Campaign Controversial BP pipeline Delayed—Campaigners insist human rights and environment must be...
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