{"id":2017,"date":"2025-05-02T17:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:20:04","slug":"newsletter-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below our current newsletter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chairperson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IHD 2024 report: At least 7 thousand 431 rights violations in Kurdish areas&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the reports of IHD Diyarbak\u0131r Branch, 7 thousand 431 rights violations took place in Kurdistan in 2024 and 117 civilians&#8217; right to life was violated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mezopotamyaajansi43.com\/en\/ALL-NEWS\/content\/view\/274178\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mezopotamyaajansi43.com\/en\/ALL-NEWS\/content\/view\/274178<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resolution by PACE on the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul and the state of democracy and human rights in Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reiterating its previous resolutions on T\u00fcrkiye, including Resolution 2459 (2022) and Resolution 2518 (2023), the Assembly recalls that Turkey has committed itself to upholding and promoting democratic values, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms. It therefore demands that the authorities implement immediately all these resolutions as well as the recommendations contained in the Venice Commission\u2019s opinions concerning Turkey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/pace.coe.int\/en\/files\/34285\/html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Statement by UN experts on PKK\u2019s unilateral ceasefire&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN experts welcomed the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK) on 1 March 2025, after more than 40 years of conflict with Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/04\/un-experts-welcome-kurdish-workers-party-ceasefire-turkiye-and-urge-just-and\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Restrictions on the use of Kurdish&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new report by Kurdish Monitoring reveals 24 separate incidents of restrictions on the use of Kurdish in public spaces, media, cultural and artistic fields, and prisons during the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/bianet.org\/haber\/report-documents-suppression-of-kurdish-in-public-space-306212\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<br>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutcc.net\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.eutcc.net<\/a><br>Twitter: @EUTCC1<br>Facebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission<br>Instagram: @eutcc1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam, Please find below our current newsletter.&nbsp; Kind regards&nbsp; Prof. Kariane Westrheim&nbsp; Chairperson&nbsp; IHD 2024 report: At least 7 thousand 431 rights violations in Kurdish areas&nbsp; According to the reports of IHD Diyarbak\u0131r Branch, 7 thousand 431&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=2017\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2018,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions\/2018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}