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Prof. Kariane Westrheim 

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Happy New Year The New Year has started. For Turkey, the Kurds & the Middle East, the question is whether dictatorships and wars will dominate the year or whether the slogan Jin Jiyan Azadî will bring peace and freedom to the peoples. The EUTCC remains committed to the aspirations for democracy.
Statement on Paris Attack The EU Turkey Civic Commission condemns the attack in the strongest terms and demands a complete clarification which is also necessary for the Paris attack in 2013. Generating the narrative of a mentally ill, racist lone perpetrator is dangerous. The European Union, and France in particular, must take a clear stance against all acts of terrorism by Turkey on European soil.
http://eutcc.net/?p=1225

Bianet Male Violence Monitor December 2022 Report– 19 women killed – 65 women subjected to violence- 6 women raped- 16 women harassed
https://m.bianet.org/5/193/272358-men-killed-19-women-in-december

Human Rights Defenders Prison Report 2022According to the Penal Statistics Report published by the Council of Europe, Turkey is the only country in Europe with a prison population of more than 300,000 between 2011 and 2021, while the incarceration rate increased by 89.3%.
https://etkiniz.eu/blog/2021-hapishaneler-raporu/

Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Spokespersons ⁦Feleknas Uca⁩ and ⁦Hişyar Özsoy on the HDP MP Semra Güzel’s dismissal from her parliamentary seat We will not get used to such sheer unlawfulness. Dr. Güzel continues her struggle for democracy, justice and freedom from within a prison cell.
https://hdpeurope.eu/2022/12/hdp-mp-semra-guzel-has-been-deprived-of-her-seat-in-the-turkish-parliament/

Our statement on the court ruling against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu The court ruling against Istanbul’s mayor İmamoğlu is unacceptable. It is a reflection of autocratic change that should be stopped immediately. In this context, it should be emphasised that dozens of mayors and deputies as well as thousands of members of the HDP are in prison. 

EUTCC Commentaries #21 Kurdistan under new qttacksby Terry Saltsmann and Prof. Michael Gunter
https://journals.tplondon.com/com/article/view/2934

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Prof. Kariane Westrheim 

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EUTCC Statement 

Stop Turkey’s military offensive 

http://eutcc.net/?p=1192

EUTCC Urgent Panel Debate 

The speakers will look at the report of IPPNW on the use of chemical weapons by Turkey and the international reactions. Turkey’s recent military offensive in Northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will also be discussed. 
Speakers of the panel: PYD Co-Chair Saleh Muslim, Co-President of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights (ELDH) Barbara Spinelli, EUTCC board member Dersim Dağdeviren, scientific advisory board of IPPNW Germany Dr. Jan van Aken,Moderator: Prof. Kariane Westrheim, EUTCC Chairperson 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBNpJvgaHc&feature=youtu.be

Statement by HRW on Turkey’s airstrikes in Syria 

Turkey’s airstrikes are inflicting damage on densely populated areas & critical infrastructure across north & northeast Syria, exacerbating an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis for Kurds, Arabs & other communities in the region. 
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/07/northeast-syria-turkish-strikes-exacerbate-humanitarian-crisis

Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Co-spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy on the new military offensive launched by Turkey against the Kurdistan Region of Iraq & Northern Syria

We hereby call on the international community, our friends and international institutions, to take immediate action against Turkey’s cross-border attacks and prevent another humanitarian catastrophe.
https://hdpeurope.eu/2022/11/turkish-airstrikes-hit-kobani-and-other-towns-in-syria-and-northern-iraq/

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EUTCC Statement Stop Turkey’s illegal and inhuman use of chemical weapons 
http://eutcc.net/?p=1179

Statement by Emma Sinclair-Webb, HRW Europe and Central Asia Diector on the arrest of Turkish Medical Association’s President Prof. Korur-Fincanci and Kurdish journalistsThe Turkish authorities show all the signs of being determined to silence the voices of experts like Korur Fincancı as well as the journalists who report their words.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/28/turkey-jails-another-human-rights-defender

Signature campaign by Amnesty International Germany for the immediate release of Prof. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı 
https://www.amnesty.de/allgemein/pressemitteilung/tuerkei-sebnem-korur-fincanci-menschenrechtlerin-festgenommen

Statement by the World Medical Association on the arrest of Prof Şebnem Korur-Fincancı & chemical weapons The WMA joins those who are calling for an independent investigation into reports that chemical gases were used by the Turkish authorities against the PKK group. 
https://www.wma.net/news-post/turkish-physician-leaders-arrest-condemned-by-wma/

Bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report October 2022 32 women were killed, 70 women were subjected to violence, 14 women were raped, 14 women were subjected to sex work 
https://m.bianet.org/5/193/269473-men-killed-32-women-in-october

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Council of Europe – Execution of ECHR Judgments in the Kavala Case The Council of Europe’s Ministers Committee deeply regret Osman Kavala’s ongoing detention despite clear judgment & urge Turkey to eliminate all negative consequences of charges against applicant, in particular by ensuring his immediate release 
https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680a8319f

Council of Europe – Execution of ECHR Judgments in the Demirtaş Case The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers underline urgent need for Constitutional Court to conclude examination of Selahattin Demirtas’ ongoing detention asap with full regard to ECHR reasoning under Art 18 violation & meantime strongly urge again his immediate release 
https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680a83184

Report on human rights violations for the month of August by CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu

– 186 workers died on the job 

– 38 women died in femicides 

– 7 people died in prisons
https://www.duvarenglish.com/report-on-rights-violations-in-turkey-in-august-seven-people-died-in-prisons-news-61334

Report on Violations of Press The Media Freedom Rapid Response, a group monitoring violations of press freedom in European Union member states and candidate countries, has published its first semi-annual report of the year
https://m.bianet.org/5/100/267277-mfrr-legal-persecution-most-pervasive-threat-against-journalism-in-turkiye

EUTCC Commentaries #20:Promoting Terror by the Turkish StateThe Case of the Turkistan Islamic Partyby Seevan Saeed, Shaanxi Normal University When it comes to the issue of terror and terrorism, the Turkish State very comfortably labels whoever is not in line with Turkey’s interest and strategy. Moreover, almost all Western states are outspokenly suggesting that they do understand Turkish concern about its national security and its struggle for counter terrorism actions. However, the other side of the coin is very rarely looked at. This article argues that the Turkish State is promoting terror through supporting the Islamist fundamentalist organisations inside and outside Turkey. The aid and support of the Turkistan Islamic party is one of the cases that Turkey has its hand in it.
http://eutcc.net/?p=1161

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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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