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• 10.000 rights violations in the Kurdistan Region in 10 months 

  Almost 10.000 rights violations were recorded in the Kurdistan Region in 10 months.
• Saturday Mothers: We won’t give up our search for justice 

  The Saturday Mothers were once again prevented from meeting in Galatasaray Square, traditional place of their action.
• Families appeal to visit Imrali 

  Families of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the 3 other prisoners in Imrali appealed to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office to visit their relatives.
• Hunger strike in prisons reached day 9 

  Dozens of prisoners have joined the hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation regime imposed on Öcalan.
• Hunger strikes to protest the isolation of Öcalan spread 

  The hunger strikes to support Ms. Güven and protest the isolation of Mr. Öcalan are spreading outside the prisons as well.
• Female prisoner battered by wardens in front of her mother 

  Prisoner Remziye Karadag in Elazig was attacked by wardens with batons in front of her mother during visitation.
• Seventh group takes over the hunger strike in Hewler 

  Hunger strikes demanding an end to the isolation regime on Öcalan continue growing.
• HDP MP goes on hunger strike against isolation 

  HDP Van MP Muazzez Orhan has started a 3-day hunger strike in solidarity with Hakkari MP Leyla Güven.
• Amed, Batman and Izmir: Justice for the disappeared 

  Actions were held in Amed, Batman and Izmir to demand justice and truth for the disappeared while in state forces custody.
• Family of Öcalan denied visit to İmralı 

  The family of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan had their application rejected once again.  
• Saturday Mothers demand justice for 714th week 

  The Saturday Mothers gathered in Istanbul once again despite the police blockade.
• Keskin: The isolation has spread outside of Imrali 

  IHD Co-chair Eren Keskin pointed out that there has been a sytsemic isolation in place in Imrali for the last 19 years and stated that the isolation has spread outside of Imrali.
• DBP’s Tuncel and 14 female prisoners start hunger strike 

  DBP Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel and 14 other women have gone on a 10-day hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation of Öcalan.
• Lawyers’ appeal to visit Öcalan rejected for the 768th time 

  The 768th application filed by lawyers of Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan to meet with their clients was rejected once again by the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
• Rights violations in Antalya Prison 

  Leyla Saruhan, who is a prisoner in Antalya L Type Closed Prison, conveyed through her family the violations of rights she is subjected to.
• Turkish state’s prison policy: 437 prisons, 260.000 prisoners 

  On top of the 384 current prisons in Kurdistan and Turkey, 53 new prisons are under construction. The number of arrestees and convicts has reached 260.000, including at least 1500 sick prisoners.
• IHD report on Urfa prisons 

  The Human Rights Association Urfa Branch (IHD) presented a report on Urfa No. 1 and No. 2 T Type Prisons.
• Asrin Law Office: Leyla Guven is pointing to the solution 

  Asrin Law Office pointed out that MP Leyla Guven, currently on a hunger strike against the isolation in Imrali, is pointing to the solution with her resistance. The Office called on the public for awareness.
• “Attacks against Yazidis aim for cultural genocide” 

  Yazidis in Cizire and Shengal said Turkey and allied gangs take advantage of the silence by the international public and attempt to force Yazidis to convert to Islam, stating that the attacks against their faith constitute an attempt at cultural genocide.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners to go on a hunger strike against isolation 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners are going on a 10 day hunger strike on November 27 against the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Situation of ill prisoners exposed 

  The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative made a call to act for ill prisoners Mahmut Aktaş and Ibrahim Akbaba.
• Lawyers on Vigil: Turkey should comply with the ECHR ruling 

  Lawyers in the Justice Vigil called for immediate compliance with the ECHR ruling for Selahattin Demirtaş.
• Lawyers submit the 766th appeal to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers have appealed to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for the 766th time to meet with their client.
• Öcalan’s lawyer: A torture law is in place in Imrali  

  Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyer Newroz Uysal protested the isolation and said a torture law is in place in Imrali and there is a constant State of Emergency. 
• Hunger strike in Van: This is only the beginning 

  The hunger strike of detained HDP MP Leyla Güven against the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has spread to many cities. The activists in Van said, "This is just the beginning!"