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The Elle magazine reveals the pending prosecution case against the 10 year old Kurdish girl by the Turkish authorities for reading Kurdish stories to 27 Kurdish children in her own house by utilising the ‘ A Story for every House’ iniative by Sur Borough Council in the greater Diyarbakir area, in the Kurdish region of Turkey.

The girl was voted as the best woman of the week for her defiance of state authorities who want to charge and try her. It is difficult to undertstand on what premise this trial could take place. Turkey has told the EU commission that it has now started Kurdish broadcasting and is contemplating Kurdish education but the Kurdish children are still being punished for wanting to read in their native tongue. Any other child would receive commendation for the promotion of reading and language in her community, but Medya Ormek faces prosecution. This story, that has featured in the Turkish Taraf newspaper on Sunday, reflects the hypocrisy of human rights policies within the European Commission. The words can add very little to the gravity and the archaic nature of the reckless measure taken against this little Kurdish girl, I therefore will leave you with some thoughts on her plight at EU’s doorstep.