The attacks in the emergency shelter for refugees in Berlin-Tegel continue. After the Islamist attacks in the last few days, Kurdish women report sexual harassment by security guards. New reports of attacks, physical violence and inhumane conditions came from the Tegel emergency shelter in Berlin almost every day. As residents report, there was a case of sexual harassment of two [...]

The Kurdish Community Centre is taking legal action against an unlawful operation by the London police. The raid on their community centre took place shortly after a visit by the British Defence Secretary to his counterpart in Ankara. A raid on the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey around a week ago is likely to have repercussions for the [...]

In an interview with Expression Interrupted, imprisoned Kurdish journalist Abdurrahman Gök said that he had been arrested because of his documentation of the police shooting of Kemal Kurkut during the 2017 Newroz celebrations. The next hearing in Gök's case will be on 5 December in Diyarbakır (Amed). The main motivation behind Abdurrahman Gök’s detention since April was his photographing of [...]

Over fifty people have been imprisoned in Bitlis for membership, support or financing of a terrorist organisation. Extensive arrest operations took place in the provinces of Bitlis and Van on 28 November in the scope of an investigation launched by the Bitlis Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. As many as 110 people were taken into custody, including women and children. Some [...]

Iraqi security forces carried out an operation against ISIS members hiding in a village of Maxmur. The Iraqi Ministry of Defence released a statement providing information about an operation carried by Iraqi security forces against ISIS gangs hiding in the Maxmur region in the Kurdistan Region. According to the statement, four members of ISIS were killed in the operation in [...]