AHM| 18-03-2014 |  The newly formed “International Committee for Freedom & Justice for Sevan Nişanyan” has issued the following appeal to coincide with the International Day in Support of Political Prisoners (March 18). The committee also announces that today, at 6:00 pm local Turkish time, it is organizing an important event in Istanbul to be attended by the city’s most prominent intellectuals ...

MEXICO | 14-03-2014 | Through the ATIK International Relations Committee, we have received the below message of sympathy and solidarity from LICUC Gran Marcha from Mexico with regards to the death of Berkin Elvan who died on 11th March from this injuries of 16th June 2013 during the Gezi Resistance. He was hit with a teargas canister on his head and ...

ATIK | 12-03-2014 | During the Gezi Park rebellion which started May 27th 2013, the 14 year old boy Berkin Elvan went to buy bread in the district Okmeydan in Istanbul and he was gunned down by the police- exactly those police who were announced „heroes“ by prime minister Erdogan- with a teargas canister and injured on the head. Since ...

ISTANBUL | 11-03-2014 | Berkin Elvan, 15,  who was shot with a gas cannister shot by the police during the Gezi protests on  June 16 2013 has died  this morning in Istanbul/ Turkey. Berkin had been in a comatose state since 269 days. Police have cracked down the gathering of hundreds of people at the hospital in support of the ...

MONTENEGRO | 16-02-2014 | The protests that have been going on in Bosnia Herzegovina since more than a week now, have extended to the Montenegro region. Thousands of people have taken the streets and protested against government policies. The police in Montenegro fired tear gas and stun grenades Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who were blaming the government for ...

ISTANBUL  | 11-02-2014 | Political music band Grup Yorum has announced that its members will go on hunger strike at the “Resist Kazova-DİH Pullover and Culture Centre” opened by workers of the occupied Kazova factory on 14 February. The band will demand the removal of the ban on leaving the country imposed on its members following a series of detention ...

ISTANBUL |09-02-2014 |Thousands of people have taken the streets on Saturday February 8th in Istanbul against the expurgation-law resolution of the government. This law gives the unlimited right of censorship to the TIB (Tele communication Of Turkey) that directly operates with the prime ministry. Furthermore this law allows the government to hinder and expurgate the social media, especially since the ...

BILBAO | 06-02-2014 | Basque Political Prisoner Arkaitz Bellon, 36, was found dead in the prison of Puerto de Santa Maria I, Cádiz, Southern Spain, on the afternoon of Wednesday 5th February. Despite different informations, at this time the reason of his decease has not been cleared. Arkaitz Bellon was serving a 13 years in sentence for sabotage, accused of ...

ATIK- IRC | 25-01-2014 | Is it right for them to use the emergency decree to declare a state of emergency to come and deal with us? Come and get us.”   On Tuesday January 21st 2014 the Thailand state declared a three-month state of emergency in Bangkok and neighboring provinces. The state claims  the reason for the state of emergency ...

ISTANBUL | 25-01-2014 | With the slogan “Affordable sweaters for the people” Kazova workers will today open their first retail store and alternative centre. The opening will be marked by a march to the store at 3.30pm from Şişli Mosque.  Kazova workers declared their victory on November 10 after a 10 months long struggle against the factory owners. They had occupy ...