Prosecutors in Turkey have called for a 142 year jail term for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party co-leader, Selahattin Demirtas, o...
Prosecutors in Turkey have called for a 142 year jail term for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party co-leader, Selahattin Demirtas, on charges of links to Kurdish militants. His co-leader Figen Yuksekdag faces 83 years. #HDP co-chairs hdpdemirtas and FigenYuksekdag face sentences of 142 years and 83 years.#FreeKurds in #Turkey #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/wr6etbVgu9— Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) January 17, 2017 Demirtas was taken into custody in November along with nine other HDP MPs. The ten are accused of contact with and membership of the outlawed “Kurdistan Workers’ Party’‘:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers’_Party (PKK), which has been engaged in armed insurrection against the Turkish state since 1984. #Turkey Kurd leader risks up to 142 years in jail#SelahattinDemirtas https://t.co/SXNwFAVArf pic.twitter.com/OZqRHiQ60O— Gulf-Times (@GulfTimes_QATAR) January 17, 2017 All the defendants deny links with the PKK and claim the cases are politically motivated. Demirtas says he is being hounded because he opposes President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to change the constitution, handing more power to the presidency. Peace talks between the PKK and the Turkish state broke down in 2015 amid claims the Kurdish group was rearming. As many as 40,000 people have lost their lives in three decades of fighting. Less
The Iraqi army has gained control of the east of Mosul after an offensive which began last October, more than two years after jihadists decl...
The Iraqi army has gained control of the east of Mosul after an offensive which began last October, more than two years after jihadists declared a caliphate in the city. Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati is the head of Iraqi counter-terrorism forces: “The east side of Mosul, including the most important areas, are under our control. The information we have about the operation in the north and south, is that the Iraqi forces have also finished their duties, but there still remain small places to be fully controlled.” This image will taunt me forever. Mosul University’s main library set ablaze by ISIS. pic.twitter.com/Hvuj9gUqyW— Rasha Al Aqeedi (@RashaAlAqeedi) January 16, 2017 The Iraqi army and allies are planning to retake the west of Mosul, which could prove difficult as the old city is a warren-like urban labyrinth. ISIL forces are now concentrated in parts of Mosul west of the Tigris river. Anti-jihadist forces received a morale boost as the ‘‘Great Mosque of al-Nuri’‘:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_al-Nuri_%28Mosul%29 is now back under government control. BREAKING: #Iraq’s special forces retook the Al-Zira’i district in #Mosul and the Great Mosque is being cleared. pic.twitter.com/ncvgl6OhRw— Haidar Sumeri (@IraqiSecurity) January 17, 2017 Mosul residents defied ISIL’s cultural destruction by forming a human chain to protect the mosque and the famed leaning minaret. Less
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