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by Emsie Ferreira 29 Sep 2021 https://mg.co.za/world/2021-09-29-turkey-tribunal-accuses-state-of-systematic-torture/   An international opinion tribunal on Turkey is preparing an application to the International Criminal Court after finding that human rights violations, ranging from torture and abduction to the persecution of journalists and the judiciary, have become systematic since the country’s attempted coup in July 2016. The tribunal, which consists of six judges, including former South African Constitutional Court Justice Johann van der Westhuizen, heard testimony from 16 victims over four days in Geneva last week and produced a 65-page opinion released at a media briefing on 28 September. It concluded that if tested before an appropriate body and the intent of the accused proved, the acts of torture and enforced disappearances could be deemed crimes against humanity. Relying on official statistics, with what it termed due scepticism, the tribunal found that some 3 000 complaints of torture are filed against the Turkish authorities every year, but…

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Concluding Opinion of the Turkey Tribunal

Source https://turkishminute.com/2021/04/01/south-african-right-advocate-vow-to-defend-cause-of-turkeys-expelled-mp/ Türkmen Terzi  Prominent human rights advocates from South Africa promised at an online event to support Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a pro-Kurdish MP who was expelled from the Turkish Parliament on March 17, in his fight for democracy. Human rights lawyers Krish Govender and Mfana Gwala were panelists at an online event along with Gergerlioğlu, organized by the South African-based Universal Rights Association (URA) on Wednesday and titled “Challenges of Being a Human Rights Defender in an Anti-Democratic Environment.” Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Gergerlioğlu, who was stripped of his parliamentary status based on a prison sentence for retweeting a news story in 2016 about the Kurdish conflict and the collapse of the peace process, told the South African lawyers that human rights defenders have become victims of the state in Turkey. In his comments Govender said he was privileged and honored to be engaged in a conversation with…

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Posted on February 26, 2021 by Jonathan Greenberg An Appeal for Understanding and Reconciliation from the Gandhi-King Global Network We are scholars, teachers, and practitioners of nonviolence in the living tradition of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Based in the U.S., India, South Africa and other nations, we are engaged participants of the Gandhi-King Global Network (GKGN) affiliated with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. On January 26, 2021, the Republic Day of India, a bronze statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi that had been given to the City of Davis, California as a gift by the Government of India was attacked by unknown persons who sawed off the statue at the ankle and cut the head in half. We are deeply saddened by this attack. We condemn the desecration and decapitation of the Gandhi statue as an attack on the nonviolence principles Gandhi advocated…

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An Appeal for Understanding and Reconciliation from the Ghandi-King Global Network.

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Source https://www.wincalendar.com/za/Day-of-Education International Day of Education seeks to raise awareness about the importance of education. This day encourages collaboration and international solidarity. The goal is to create more inclusive, safe, and sustainable societies with education and learning at the center. According to the UN, over 260 million children do not attend school and over 600 million children and teenagers are unable to read or do basic math. Education offers children a way out of poverty and improves their chances of having a promising future. International Day of Education was established in 2018 by the U.N General Assembly. It is observed annually on January 24th.

PRESS RELEASE Subject: United Nations WGAD Decision on the Arbitrary Detention and Illegal Transfer of 6 Turkish Nations from Kosovo to Turkey Date:     18 November 2020 Source: Click Here  Summary At its 88th Session held from 24–28 August 2020, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted Opinion No. 47/2020 (A/HRC/WGAD/2020/47), finding serious human rights violations committed by the Authorities of Kosovo and the Government of Turkey against Kahraman Demirez, Mustafa Erdem, Hasan Hüseyin Günakan, Yusuf Karabina, Osman Karakaya and Cihan Özkan. The Opinion was published by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in November 2020. In its Opinion, contained in document A/HRC/WGAD/2020/47, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concluded that the arrest, detention and forceful transfer of Kahraman Demirez, Mustafa Erdem, Hasan Hüseyin Günakan, Yusuf Karabina, Osman Karakaya and Cihan Özkan, on March 29, 2018 in Kosovo, was arbitrary and in violation of…

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