Charges against Kurdish Youth for singing a song continue in Turkey
mideastyouth.com     Jun 10, 2008            

Some of you may remember this news from two months ago about members of a Kurdish children’s choir who are facing prison charges by Turkish prosecutors for simply singing a few old Kurdish songs. (See the MEY report here). Just this week, the Initiative for Freedom of Expression / Antenna-TR released the following alert: IFEX - News from the international freedom of expression community ALERT - TURKEY 6 June 2008 Three members of children’s choir face charges of “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation” after singing Kurdish song in U.S. music festival SOURCE: Initiative for Freedom of Expression (Antenna-TR), Istanbul (Antenna-TR/IFEX) - Three children, members of the Diyarbakir Yenisehir Council Children’s Choir [Koma Dengê Zarokên Amedê - The Children’s Voices of Diyarbakir], will stand trial for singing a march in... [read full story]                    


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