Project 2015 Calls for Investigation into Killing of Kurdish Rights Activist and Lawyer

Tahir Elci (Source: Reuters)

Apparent Assassination Latest in Spate of Targeted Attacks against Kurdish Peace Activists

NEW YORK””Project 2015 today condemned the apparent assassination of Tahir Elci, a prominent lawyer and Kurdish human rights activist who headed the Diyarbakir Bar Association. An unknown assailant reportedly shot Elci with a bullet to the head while Elci was delivering remarks at a press conference in Diyarbakir calling for an end to the ongoing clashes between PKK armed groups and Turkish security forces.

“We join the international community in mourning the murder of one of Turkey’s leading human rights activists, who advocated not only for Kurdish rights but also for the rights of the Armenian community in their quest for justice for the genocide,”