Kurdistan Workers' Party - Wikipedia
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Turkey for arresting and executing Kurdish writers, journalists and politicians in numerous occasions. Between 1990 and 2006 Turkey was condemned to pay €33 million in damages in 567 cases.
Sürek and Özdemir v. Turkey - Global Freedom of Expression
Jul 8, 1999 · The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in its judgment found that the conviction of the owner and chief editor of a newspaper for publishing an interview with a commander of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party violated the right to freedom of expression.
The Survival of Kurdish Identity in Turkey - Human Rights …
This crackdown continues under the Erdogan regime, exacerbated more recently by the 2015 elections, the breakdown of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) peace talks, and the 2016 military coup attempt.
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - Encyclopedia.com
However, Ocalan made an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. Without its leader, the PKK were severely weakened, so much that Ocalan agreed to stop fighting after Turkey agreed to reform its Kurdish policies.
European court chides Turkey over Kurd leader Ocalan - BBC
Mar 18, 2014 · The European Court of Human Rights says Turkey has violated the rights of the Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned in an isolated island jail since 1999.
A complicated affair: Turkey's Kurds and the European Court of Human ...
Apr 5, 2014 · In a strategic move in its application for membership to what was then the European Community, Turkey decided in 1987 to give its citizens the right to petition the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR/ the Court/Strasbourg).
of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to influence and pro-vide redress in conflict-affected settings. Therefore, the critical question at the heart of this analysis extends beyond the specific case of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK, which has …
European court punishes Turkey over ‘Kurdistan’... | Rudaw.net
Jun 13, 2023 · ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey should compensate a renowned Kurdish politician with over $18,000 for punishing him after he...
Law association to apply to Europe's top rights court, UN over …
May 27, 2020 · A law association has said that it will apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the United Nations over the burial of bodies belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants under sidewalks in Istanbul after being taken from the Kurdish-dominated southeast.
Turkey violated former Cumhuriyet journalists' rights, top Europe ...
Nov 10, 2020 · The former Cumhuriyet staff have been in and out of jail since their trial began on July 24, 2017. They were accused of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as well as the network of U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen. The trial of eight journalists was slammed by rights groups.