HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Activists in Stuttgart hold action for the disappeared people  

  An action was organised in Stuttgart to remember the disappeared people of Turkey and pay tribute to the Saturday Mothers.
• 53% more killings of social leaders in Colombia in last 4 months 

  The number of social leaders murdered in Colombia has increased by 53 percent in recent times.
• 15 organisations call for the release of women detained on 22 May 

  Solidarity with the women politicians and activists imprisoned in Amed (Diyarbakır) last week is growing.
• Family of fasting lawyer calls on people to raise their voice 

  The demands of lawyers Aytaç Ünsal and Ebru Timtik, who have been on hunger strike since 5 February demanding a fair trial, have not been met yet.
• Refugees not protected against coronavirus 

  Due to the conditions of the border between Northern and Eastern Kurdistan, more and more people seeking protection are dying on the dangerous creeping routes through the high mountains.
• Police threaten citizens in Nusaybin 

  The Turkish police are trying to create a climate of fear in northern Kurdistan through repression, violence and arrests.
• IHD demands justice and truth for disappeared people 

  The Human Rights Association in Izmir and Amed demanded justice and the truth for the disappeared people.
• Heavy police presence at funeral of Sabri Kaya  

  Sabri Kaya, a seriously ill prisoner who was not released by the AKP-MHP government, was buried under heavy police presence.
• IHD calls for release of Cemil Erdem, suffering from cancer 

  The weekly F virtual sit-in organised by the Human Rights Association (IHD) was dedicated today to 70-year-old seriously ill prisoner Cemil Erdem, who is suffering from cancer.
• IHD Izmir says ill prisoner Sinan Gül must be released 

  The Human Rights Association (İHD) Izmir Branch Prison Commission carried out online the weekly action normally held in front of Sümerbank with the slogan of “Freedom to sick prisoners”.
• Freedom for Ill Prisoners calls for release of Mehmet Can Demir 

  The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative held its 298th week of protest via social media because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
• IHD says the government is responsible for death of Kaya 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Prisons Commission issued a written statement about ill prisoner Sabri Kaya who died on the day of his release.
• ÖHD demands investigation on remains buried on sidewalk in Kilyos 

  In a report about the remains found under the pavement in Kilyos graveyard, the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), demanded them to be handed over to the families, and requested that an investigation be open about the illegal burying.
• Concerns grow for lawyer Timtik on death fast for 141 days 

  Lawyer Güçlü Sevimli have visited his colleague Ebru Timtik, who has been on death fast for 141 days demanding a fair trial. Sevimli said that Timtik is now 46 kilos, her hands have blackened, she has wounds in the mouth, and had difficulty talking.
• Autopsy for ill prisoner Kaya who died the day of his release 

  The body of Sabri Kaya, a seriously ill prisoner who died on the day of his release from jail, was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) in Adana for an autopsy.
• AKP-MHP government responsible for the death of Sabri Kaya 

  Ill prisoners Sabri Kaya died the very day he was eventually released from prison, after a real odyssey back and forward to hospital, thus confirming the fact that the AKP-MHP government does not care about prisoners and their lives.
• Signature campaign for lawyers Aytaç Ünsal and Ebru Timtik 

  Lawyers Aytaç Ünsal and Ebru Timtik went on hunger strike on 5 February 2020, demanding "the right to a fair trial”.
• Lawyers carry out investigation on 18 mass graves in Kilyos 

  Lawyers members of the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD) carried out an investigation on 18 mass graves that the Turkish state created by digging the pavement in Kilyos graveyard.
• Three more social leaders killed in Colombia 

  Indepaz points out that in the present year, over 100 social leaders have been murdered.
• Signature campaign for lawyers on death fast 

  A group of lawyers, intellectuals, writers, politicians, human rights defenders, journalists and citizens started a campaign for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal who are on hunger strike.
• IHD says condition of ill prisoners worsening 

  IHD Istanbul and Izmir branches underlined once again that the condition of ill prisoners has worsened and that the coronavirus continues to spread in the country’s jails.
• Prisoners in Bünyan prison expose torture 

  Prisoner Bayram Sevgin in Kayseri Bünyan Closed Prison said that he and 4 friends were tortured.
• IHD calls for immediate release of ill prisoner Kaya 

  The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative drew attention to the fact that seriously ill Sabri Kaya is in a serious condition and should be released immediately.
• Turkish state continues harassment of families during funerals 

  No funeral vehicles were given to the guerrillas who were martyred in Adıyaman. The Turkish state forces also prevented the washing of bodies and the establishment of condolences tents.
• PACE rapporteurs call for the immediate release of Kavala 

  PACE rapporteurs call for the immediate release of Osman Kavala after Strasbourg Court decision.