Journalist Mizgin Sönük, who was detained during protests against the trustee coup in Batman (Êlih) and subsequently sent to prison on 7 November on charges of "resisting to prevent the execution of duty," along with Hatice Taş, former co-mayor of Awiskê (Beşiri district) and a member of the Batman Municipality Council, have been deported to a different prison. 

Sönük and Taş were transferred from Batman M-Type Closed Prison on Tuesday evening to Erzincan Women’s Closed Prison.