Iran’s capital, Tehran, is grappling with a severe water shortage and ground subsidence crisis, prompting government discussions about relocating the capital. However, Prof. Dr. Nasser Karami, an Iranian geographer and climate scientist, argues that the root of the crisis lies in the regime’s policies and lack of governance capacity.
Right to treatment of prisoner Zeinab Jalalian is being denied as her health condition is getting worse.
15 people were arrested together with Turgay Erdem, former mayor of Nilüfer district.
Ecologist and journalist Hakan Tosun, who is being treated in intensive care, has died. While two suspects were arrested, his friends and journalism organisations stressed the need to expose the murder.
The commission in the Parliament will listen to youth and women's organisations at its meeting this week in the occasion of the Kurdish issue. Women's organisations will include the TJA and the "I Need Peace Women's Initiative".
Lawyers from Asrin Law Office went to İmralı Island to meet with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Lawyer Tugay Bek stated that the investigation into the killing of journalist Kadri Bağdu, a worker of the Free Press and distributor for the now-closed Azadiya Welat newspaper, was deliberately left superficial, saying: “The case can only be solved if it is treated as a political assassination.”
Lawyer Hakan Bozyurt made a statement regarding the attack on journalist Hakan Tosun and announced that 2 people were arrested.
A giant poster of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was unveiled at the "Democratic Society and Freedom" rally in Êlih (Batman).
The final declaration of the “Conference of Peoples, Faiths, and Democratic Coexsitence in Mesopotamia” criticized “delaying tactics and pressures for disarmament in Rojava”, describing them as attempts to undermine and obstruct the peace process.
Journalist and documentary director Hakan Tosun, who had not been heard from since the night of 10 October, was found beaten on the roadside. Tosun, who was stated to have had a brain haemorrhage, was taken under treatment in the intensive care unit.
Syriac Protestant Church Pastor Enver Peker emphasized that discussions at the peace table must focus on the future rather than past grievances and stated, “Without legal reforms, the process will remain only in words.”
Following the release of a one-page, two-line forensic report, attorney Cansel Talay, representing the family of Rojin Kabaiş, stated that the findings clearly justify the opening of a sexual assault case. “All the evidence is there, the prosecutor must treat it as such,” she said.
Journalist Pakrat Estukyan emphasized that peace and a democratic society are not only necessities for Kurds but for all humanity. He said taht Abdullah Ocalan has reshaped the norms of political science and offers “a formula fort he coexistence of humanity.”
The Wan (Van) Bar Association, the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), and the Legal Research and Education Association (DADSAZ) have jointly called for official recognition of the Kurdish language, urging the removal of all barriers to its use in public life and demanding that Kurdish be made a language of education.