Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, raised the ongoing hunger strike of Leyla Güven, an imprisoned MP for the pro-Kurdish HDP party in Turkey, in the Dáil. Leyla Güven has been on hunger strike in a Turkish prison against her unjust detention since 8 November and she is now in a critical […]
Speaking in the Dáil, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, raised his concerns over the continued detention of activists from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkish jails, with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney. Crowe welcomed the reply from Minister Coveney and that the Minister shares his […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has condemned the Turkish authorities reported torture and ill-treatment of some of the 50,000 political prisoners imprisoned in the country’s jails. Crowe was speaking out after reports emerged of significant overcrowding, widespread physical abuse, systematic torture, and the denial of medical treatment in Turkey’s prisons. The information […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has condemned Turkey’s ground offensive and invasion of Syria, and its attacks on Afrin in north-western Syria. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Turkey’s military attacks on Afrin, which will cause huge civilian casualties, are wrong and I condemn them. “We have already seen the human rights violations […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has raised his concerns about the political situation in Turkey at a plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Crowe is Sinn Féin’s member of PACE. Speaking from Strasbourg where the PACE meeting is taking place, Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe, has commended the UN Human Rights Office for today releasing a hard hitting report into the serious human rights and international law violations by the Turkish security forces, in the majority Kurdish south-east of the country. Over half a million people have been displaced, 100,000 have dismissed from […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has challenged the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, to urgently raise the case if HDP MP, Faysal Sariyildiz, who has had his passport revoked by the Turkish Government Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Seán Crowe TD said: “Last week I was due to meet with the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, yesterday met with a Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) activist to discuss the political repression the party is facing in Turkey, as well as the Turkish Government’s severe violations of international and human rights law. Crowe had planned to meet with a HDP MP but he is […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has called for the immediate release of 11 Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs, and the two Co-Chairs of the party, who were arrested by Turkish security forces last night. Deputy Crowe said: “Yesterday, at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Irish Parliament, I discussed the […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has strongly criticised the lack of press of freedom in Turkey. Crowe’s comments come after the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) made a presentation to the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee on the crackdown on media organisations and the arrests of journalists in Turkey. Deputy Crowe said: “I […]
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