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Let’s meet at the International Symposium on Prisons!

ISTANBUL | 18 – 04 – 2014 | Let’s meet at the International Symposium on Prisons! Freedom for all Revolutionary, Democratic, Patriotic Prisoners The first time when the bourgeoisie attacked by imprisoning people was in 1596 in Amsterdam. This kind of attack or praxis was named the “Flemish model”. The imperialists and their collaborators attack, imprison, and give heavy punishments ...

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Turkey Moves to Ban YouTube!

AHM | 27-03-2014 | One week after blocking Twitter, Turkey blocks YouTube when recordings of very dubious talks on waging a war against Syria appeared on YouTube. The Turkish government reinforced its heavily criticized clampdown on social media on Thursday, blocking YouTube a week after it restricted access to the micro-blogging platform Twitter. The latest curbs came hours after an audio recording ...

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International Committee for Freedom and Justice for Sevan Nişanyan

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 ...

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Berkin Elvan, 15, has died!

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 ...

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Grup Yorum to begin hunger strike against repression

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 ...

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Thousands take the streets against expurgation

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 ...

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Kazova workers open retail store and alternative centre

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 ...

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2013 Human Rights Report published in Istanbul

ISTANBUL | 23-01-2014 | The Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) has published its “2013 Report on Human Rights Violations in the Marmara Region.” According to the report, 36 people died during 2013 as a result of extra-judicial killings, official error, torture, and in custody. 122 women were murdered, 1,924 people were victims of torture and mistreatment and ...

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Gezi Park families establish Platform

ISTANBUL | 22-01-2014 | The families of the protesters killed in the police crackdowns during the Gezi Park protests and of those who were injured has established an association called “Gezi Martyrs and Wounded Platform”. The platform was set up to ask justice and truth into the violence in Gezi Park but also to campaign for the ban of the ...

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Roboski families filed objection against military prosecutor

ANKARA | 21-01-2014 | Families of the Roboski massacre victims have filed a formal objection against the military prosecutor’s dismissal of the investigation into the case. The General Staff’s Military Prosecutor’s Office have dismissed the investigation into the massacre, on 7 January, saying that military officers have made an “inevitable” mistake while doing their duty. The petition of objection was ...

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