Tag: PKK
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Germany accepts torture: Authority knows evidence in Turkey but wants to deport a Kurdish man
At least twelve Kurds are currently being detained in Germany on charges of supporting the PKK. Others are threatened with deportation to Turkish prisons. A Bavarian foreigners authority wants to deport a Kurd to Turkey, although it has been proven that he was tortured there. According to the decision to reject his asylum application in […]
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German police and secret service: Transmission of Kurdish association data is illegal
Associations of foreign nationals are kept in a central register in Germany. Members of Kurdish foundations are subject to special surveillance. However, a corresponding decree from 1994 can not be found anymore. The German Federal Office of Administration (BVA) transmits data on Kurdish associations to the police and secret service without any reason. The background […]