Fréderike Geerdink - independent journalist

Naar de rechter om een uitstrijkje

08/04/2020/in Other /by NRC Handelsblad

Robert Witte heeft een baarmoeder. Hij vindt dat álle mannen boven de 30 een oproep moeten krijgen voor een uitstrijkje.

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Rojava Film Commune: “We don’t mourn. We make films”

20/03/2020/in Other /by Patreon

Patron was on the road with the Rojava Film Commune to screen their latest film ‘The End Will Be Spectacular’ for their home audience.

“When we need a tank, we get one”, said Sêvînaz Evdike. It has to sink in before the coin drops that it’s actually about an army tank, which is provided by the SDF, the forces of the autonomously administered northeast of Syria, to the Rojava Film Commune when they need one. They can provide fighters as well, or helmets, uniforms, you name it: the SDF likes to make its contribution to the artistic work of the film community. But it’s not a one way gift. Sêvînaz, the co-leader of the commune: “Both the SDF and we are parts of the same body, which is the self-administration of Northeast Syria. We both do our best to make it a success.”

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Families of Turkey’s political prisoners fear coronavirus impact

16/03/2020/in Other /by Ahval

The families of political prisoners, especially those in poor health, are worried for the safety of their jailed loved ones after Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Friday all family visits would be suspended for the next two weeks in an effort to contain coronavirus infections.

The ministry also said the temperature of everybody who enters or leaves prison would be checked. Requests by family members for permission to have extended phone calls or ‘closed visits’ – in which there is no physical contact between prisoner and visitor – seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

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