The BBC reports that Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is to produce a film on the life and death of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by a radioactive substance in London in November last year. The film will be based on a book, Sasha’s Story: The Life and Death of a Russian Spy, […]
The BBC reports that former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko died last night in a London hospital after apparently being poisoned at the beginning of November. According to the report, Litvinenko was investigating last month’s murder of Anna Politkovskaya and dictated a letter in his final hours accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind his […]
It’s the third day of my Mum’s visit to Armenia and British Airways still has no idea where her luggage is. There were about a dozen others on the same flight who are also without their bags, as well as those who came over on the the Air France flight that arrived a few hours […]
Kurdish Demonstration, Istanbul, Republic of Turkey © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1997
After saying that this year’s Newroz in Turkey seemed to pass more peacefully than it has in the past, the BBC reports that another four people have died in rioting that has spread across the country in recent days.
At least four more people have died in continued violence in Turkey after days of clashes between Kurds and police.
Three were killed in Istanbul after a petrol bomb was thrown at a bus and a Kurdish man was shot dead by troops in the town of Kiziltepe, reports said.
Demonstrators took to the streets in Istanbul as unrest spread following Turkey’s worst riots in several years.
Riots began on Tuesday after funerals for 14 suspected Kurdish militants who were killed last weekend in the east.
Some 200 pro-Kurdish protesters blocked roads in the Bagcilar suburb of Istanbul and threw a petrol bomb at a passing bus.
At least three people died, reportedly run over as the bus driver manoeuvred to escape the rioters.
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Turkish officials have alleged that the week of violence has been orchestrated by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), banned by the government and branded a terrorist group by the European Union.
Incidently, I received an unexpected email from a British photographer who I knew when I was working on the Kurds and human rights in Turkey. Depending on what happens next, I might have some interesting news in the near future.
Kurdish Demonstration, Istanbul, Republic of Turkey © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1997
