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Kind regards Prof. Kariane Westrheim 

Statement by Save the children on Turkey’s attacks in Northern Syria The latest casualties in an upsurge of violence which has killed at least 13 children and injured an additional 27 this month, says Save the Children.
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/northern-syria-surge-violence-leaves-40-children-killed-or-injured-month

The SNA Encyclopedia: A Guide to the Turkish Proxy MilitiasThis report is a compilation of open-source information about the current state of the SNA militias active in the Turkish-occupied territories of Syria (as of August 2022).
https://rojavainformationcenter.com/2022/08/the-sna-encyclopedia-a-guide-to-the-turkish-proxy-militias/

Report by Iraq Body Count in cooperation with an international NGO coalition led from the Iraq Civil Society Solidarity on the civilian casualties of bombing by Turkey in Northern Iraq from 2015-2021The increasing harm that the Turkish Military’s crossborder operations in northern Iraq are causing to the civilian population is an issue of concern. It requires joint actions to be taken on local, regional, and international levels. 
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Human Rights Watch issued a Q&A document that focuses on Turkey’s threatened military incursion to parts of northern SyriaKey Concerns Include Unlawful Attacks, Worsening Humanitarian Conditions, ISIS Resurgence
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/17/turkey/syria-civilians-risk-northern-syria

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EUTCC Commentaries #18: Turkish Racism Against Kurds: Colonial Violence, Racist Slurs and Mob Attacks by Güllistan Yarkın, Independent Researcher, Istanbul
This commentary focuses on how the Turkish state facilitates military urbanism as revanchist and racialized mechanisms of collective punishment to suppress grassroots mobilization, oppositional politics.  
http://eutcc.net/?p=1122

Report by Yazidi Justice Committee human rights lawyersTurkey should face charges in front of the international court of justice for being complicit in acts of genocide against the Yazidi people, while Syria & Iraq failed in their duty to prevent the killings
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jul/05/turkey-should-face-international-court-over-yazidi-genocide-report-says-helena-kennedy?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1657059071

Bianet Male Violence Monitor July 2022 Report– 28 women killed – 12 women subjected to violence- 38 women forced to sex work 
https://m.bianet.org/english/diger/265352-men-killed-28-women-in-july

ECHR judgment in the case Kavala v. Türkiye: joint statement by the Council of Europe leadersWe urge Türkiye, as a Party to the Convention, to take all necessary steps to implement the judgment. This matter will remain under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers until the judgment is fully implemented.
https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/echr-judgment-in-the-case-kavala-v-turkiye-joint-statement-by-the-council-of-europe-leaders

Statement by HDP Central Executive Board regarding the massacre carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces in Zakho 8 Arab tourists were killed and 17 injured in a Turkish rocket attack on a village in Zaxo in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, according to the district governor. 
https://hdpeurope.eu/2022/07/hdp-the-turkish-government-is-politically-and-legally-responsible-for-the-massacre-in-zakho/

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Kind regards Kariane Westrheim EUTCC Chairperson 

Statement by S&D on the progress report prepared by MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkey The S&D urges Ankara to end its authoritarian drift and stop accommodating Russia. Turkey should instead align with the EU sanctions imposed against the Kremlin. 
https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/no-grounds-resuming-accession-negotiations-ankara

Press conference on the situation of political prisoners in Turkey in the Geneva Press clubSpeakers: Lawyers for Freedom R. Ergül, Asrın Law Office R. Sarıca & Permanent Representative to the UN, American Association of Jurists G. Fattorini 
https://twitter.com/genevapressclub/status/1536982517571407873?t=oat5n_8ZcbKBpTKq4vb0kg&s=19

Eren Keskin, co-chair of Human Rights Association on paramilitary forces in the Kurdish majority areas of Turkey“These paramilitary structures are free to do anything while civil society considered to be terrorists.” 
http://mezopotamyaajansi35.com/en/ALL-NEWS/content/view/175192

Briefing by World Organisation Against Torture Authorities in Turkey use anti-terror laws as a weapon against human rights work, criminalizing thousands of peaceful activists. 
https://www.omct.org/en/resources/reports/turkey-the-instrumentalization-of-the-counter-terrorism-legislation-and-policies-and-their-impact-on-hrds

World Refugee DayThe number of refugees around the world has surpassed 100 million. On World Refugee Day, the EUTCC remains committed to democratisation in the Middle East and Turkey. A political solution to the Kurdish question is an essential factor here. 

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