1998 – Arrest Pinar Selek is questioned about her research on the Kurdish issue. She is imprisoned for her alleged involvement with the PKK and is tortured for refusing to disclose the names of her Kurdish contacts. While in prison, she learns on TV that she is charged with terrorist activity following a recent explosion En savoir plus surThe major events in the trial of Pinar Selek, feminist and anti-militarist activist[…]

The tragic earthquake that has just struck Turkey once again highlights the repressive nature of the regime and the muzzling of fundamental freedoms. The collectives in solidarity with Pinar Selek express their full solidarity with all the people affected by this disaster. They strongly denounce the Turkish state which, in order to consolidate its authoritarian En savoir plus surThe tragedy that has struck Turkey is also the product of an authoritarian policy[…]

Franco-Turkish researcher and activist Pinar Selek, who has been living in exile since 2009, has come under renewed attack from Turkey. Solidarity committees are mobilising to support her and are calling on the French government to back her. The Turkish state is continuing its persecution of Pinar Selek, a sociologist and writer, environmentalist, feminist and En savoir plus surSentencing of Pinar Selek: call for solidarity for her and « all the victims of the Turkish authorities ».[…]

Following the latest murders of Kurds in Paris, the Pinar Selek solidarity groups are expressing their solidarity with the Kurdish people. They recall the warnings issued by the writer and sociologist persecuted by the Turkish authorities and denounce « successive governments that do not actively protect the Kurdish community, nor all exiles and refugees in Turkey ». En savoir plus surMurders of Kurds: the French authorities fail to hear the warnings![…]