Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Türkiye: Kurdish Songs and Dances Are Not Terrorist Propaganda

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People dance a halay at a Newroz new year celebration in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 17, 2024. © 2024 Private Summer is here and it's the season of wedding parties throughout Türkiye. But for some Kurdish men, women, and children, joyful dancing and singing of Kurdish political folk songs at wedding parties or elsewhere has ended in arrest and charges of “spreading terrorist propaganda.” This crime is punishable with up to five years in prison. The actions of the authorities in detaining and criminalizing people for such lawful activities constitutes a clear abuse…

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