HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Ill prisoner Arslan's condition getting worse 

  Seriously ill prisoner Ömer Arslan, could lose his life at any moment, said brothers held in the same jail.
• Female prisoners expose torture in Patnos Prison  

  It has been reported that female prisoners in Patnos Prison were subjected to torture during a raid on their ward by prison guards.
• Prisoner in jail for 30 years sees his release postponed for another 12 months 

  The release of Mehmet Ali Taşlı, who has been in jail for 30 years, was postponed for one year.
• Swiss Federal Assembly approves bill recognizing Yazidi genocide  

  The Swiss Federal Assembly has approved, by a majority vote, a bill recognizing the genocide committed against the Yazidis. The bill also calls on the Swiss Federal Council to launch an international campaign to address the crimes committed.
• Eleven Kurdish political activists and civilians currently sentenced to death in Iran 

  According to the Kurdish Human Rights Network KHRN, eleven Kurdish political activists and civilians are currently sentenced to death in Iran, and at least eight others are at risk of receiving similar sentences.
• Seven parties issue statement: The right to strike cannot be violated 

  A joint statement issued by seven political parties regarding the ongoing strike of metalworkers, underlined that the right to strike is a constitutional right and called for the intensification of workers' struggles.
• Bakırhan: DEM Party municipalities will prioritize people with disabilities  

  At an event for citizens with disabilities, Tuncer Bakırhan said that municipal services under DEM Party leadership should prioritize people with disabilities.
• Zeinab Jalalian denied visits and medical treatment 

  Zeinab Jalalian continues to be held in an Iranian prison. Now she is being prevented from seeing her family and receiving treatment.
• Tribute paid to people murdered in Cizre 9 years ago 

  Those who were massacred in the genocidal attacks by the occupying Turkish state 9 years ago were commemorated in Cizre.
• Abdulkadir Güleç: Increasing rights violations related to lack of solution to Kurdish question 

  Amed Bar Association President Abdulkadir Güleç said that the increasing rights violations are related to the Kurdish issue.
• "Sending money to prisoners is not a crime" campaign continues 

  The "Sending money to prisoners is not a crime" organized by MATUHAYDER continues.
• Torture increases in jails in Kurdistan 

  According to a report prepared by human rights organizations, torture has increased in prisons established in Kurdistan, while the release of ill prisoners is prevented.
• DEM Party: It is urgent to meet with Abdullah Öcalan 

  The DEM Party Law and Human Rights Commission published the rights violations report. The commission underlined the need for urgent meetings with Abdullah Öcalan.
• Teachers’ union activists in Kurdistan sentenced to dismissal, exile 

  Four members of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association were sentenced to permanent dismissal, expulsion and exile.
• HRW: The situation in Northeast Syria is exacerbating an acute and longstanding crisis 

  Parties to the conflict should urgently remove any impediment to aid delivery to areas not under their control in northeast Syria, and international donors should increase their funding, HRW said.
• 162 civilians killed in North and East Syria in 2024 

  The Syrian Organisation for Human Rights announced the crimes committed against civilians in northern and eastern Syria in 2024.
• Turkish police torture 4 young people in Hakkari 

  The Turkish police detained 4 young people on the pretext that they did not give way to them, and then tortured them in a warehouse. The young people, who received a report of assault, were taken into custody again.
• Syrian Organisation for Human Rights: Turkish state should face war crimes charges 

  Evin Cuma, one of the executives of the Syrian Organisation for Human Rights, described the attacks of the Turkish state as ‘war crimes’ and called on the UN International Independent Commission of Inquiry to take action.
• ISIG: at least 164 workers lost their lives in work-related accidents in November  

  According to ISIG, at least 164 workers lost their lives in work-related accidents in November and 1,708 in the first 10 months of the year.
• Prisoner released after 32 years in prison 

  Mehmet Turgay was released after 32 years in prison. He was welcomed by people in Adana.
• Özaras: Isolation and the ‘right to hope’ cannot be turned into a political bargaining issue 

  Van Bar Association President Sinan Özaras emphasised that the right to hope and the lifting of isolation can never be turned into a political bargaining issue and that the state must fulfil its legal obligations.
• Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison 

  Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was imprisoned for participating in the 2022 protest movement in Iran, has been released after serving his sentence, the country’s judiciary announced.
• Rights groups call for annulment of death sentences for Pakshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi 

  The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, together with 17 Iranian and international human rights organizations, called for the immediate abolition of the death penalty for political prisoners.
• Prisoners Rabbani and Goonei on hunger strike in Evin jail 

  Political prisoner Vida Rabbani announced that she has been on a hunger strike since 18 November in Evin prison, together with Motahare Goonei, protesting the lack of access to medical care for Narges Mohammadi and Warisha Moradi
• Group from Aarau takes over freedom for Öcalan Vigil in its 649th week 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg has been taken over by a group from Aarau. The activists said: "We will continue our resistance everywhere until our leader is free."