ISTANBUL | 09-09-2013 | Istanbul police have brutally attacked demonstrators who have gathered in Okmeydanı neighborhood today to form a human chain in solidarity with Berkin Elvan, a victim of excessive force police used during Gezi protests in June. 14 year old Berkin Elvan is in coma since June 16 when he was shot on the head by a gas ...

YEMEN | 09-09-2013 | An eight-year-old child bride has died in  Yemen of internal bleeding sustained during her wedding night after being forced  to marry a man five times her age, activists have claimed. The girl, identified only as Rawan, died in  the tribal area of Hardh in northwestern Yemen, which borders Saudi Arabia.  Activists are now calling for the ...

PARIS | 09-09-2013 | The members of the Paris Platform of Democratic Mass Organisations have held a commemoration at Yılmaz Güney’s grave. Approximately 250 people gathered at Güney’s grave at the  Pere Lachaise Graveyard. The commemoration started with a minute of silence, afterwards the platforms common statement was read. Quoting the statement “A seed of the revolutionary cultural art front ...

ANKARA | 07- 09- 2013 |Early Friday morning, police attacked students of Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) protesting against the construction of an 8-lane highway that is planned to cut through their campus. The police attack targeted a group of students who have been on guard duty to prevent the felling of trees on the campus since the construction ...

THE HAGUE | 06- 09- 2013 | The Dutch state has been found responsible by a court in The Hague for the deaths of three Muslim men after the fall of Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. “The court ruled that the Dutch state is responsible for the death of these men because Dutchbat (Dutch UN troops) should not have ...

BEHDINAN | 05 -09 -2013 | Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council co-presidents Cemil Bayık and Besê Hozat welcomed a delegation of the Iraqi and Southern Kurdistan Commission, which has been formed to serve the signature cmpaign for freedom for Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, in Media Defense Areas controlled by HPG (People’s Defense Forces) guerrillas. During the meeting on ...

BEHDINAN | 04-09-2013 | Turkish soldiers attacked the Agit Suruç Martyrs’ Cemetery in Bendere region near Bagok mountain, in Mardin, on Tuesday. Soldiers allegedly exhumed the body of HPG (People’s Defense Forces) guerrilla Ahmet Uğurlar who had been buried in the cemetery on Monday. Speaking to ANF about the attack on the cemetery, where 43 HPG guerrillas are buried, mayor ...

NEW YORK | 06 – 09 – 2013 | Fast food workers in 60 cities across the U.S. walked off the job Thursday as they protest for higher wages. Workers from fast food giants McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Yum Brands -owned KFC are calling on their employers to pay them a minimum of $15 an hour and allow them to ...

DORTMUND | 03–09–2013 | On 31st August Nazis organised a march in one of Germany’s cities, Dortmund.  Around 1000  people amongst which also ATIF and YDG were there, have strongly attempted to prevent this march. Despite all the measures the police had taken, the anti-fascist forces were able to barricade the route of the fascists.  After a long and hard ...

LONDON| 30 – 08 -2013 | David Cameron  indicated on Thursday evening that Britain would not take part in military action against Syria after the British government lost a crucial vote on an already watered-down amendment that was designed to pave the way to intervention in the war-torn country. In a devastating blow to his authority, the prime minister lost ...