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• Justice Vigil of Şenyaşar family on day 737 

  Today marks the 737th day of the Şenyaşar family’s vigil for justice.
• Two Turkish police officers accused of torturing 14-year-old released 

  Two Turkish police officers accused of torturing 14-year-old Y.D. in Lice were released.
• International Delegation Against Isolation presents new report 

  The International Delegation Against Isolation urges the CPT to publish a statement setting out a summary of their findings, calling on Turkey to implement without delay the previous recommendations of the CPT and the ECtHR.
• Şenyaşar family: Government will suffer huge election defeat in Urfa 

  "Erdoğan’s AKP is losing votes all over Turkey. But its biggest election defeat will be suffered in Urfa,” said the Şenyaşar family.
• Three police officers remanded in custody for abduction and torture of 14-year-old in Lice 

  Three of the 5 police officers detained in the investigation launched into the abduction and torture of 14-year-old Y.D. in Lice were remanded in custody.
• Lawyer Bilmez: Turkey has lost its credibility 

  The Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative (TDI) and Human Rights Association (İHD) Istanbul Branch held a symposium titled "Equality and the right to hope".
• Birdal: The government is taking revenge on ill prisoners 

  IHD Honorary President Akın Birdal said that despite the circular of the Ministry of Justice, politically ill detainees were not released and added that "the government is taking revenge on the political opposition."
• Peace Mother Hanse Bulut to remain in prison because she showed no "remorse" 

  Peace Mother Hanse Bulut will remain in prison for another 3 months because she did not show any "remorse".
• Asrın Law Office: Precautionary decisions of the UN Human Rights Committee should be implemented 

  Reiterating that no news has been received from Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in Imrali for 2 years, Asrın Law Office said that "the precautionary decisions of the UN Human Rights Committee should be implemented."
• HRW: As an occupying power, Turkey consistently failed to protect civilians in northern Syria 

  After the killing of four civilians while celebrating Newroz in Jindires district of Afrin, HRW criticizes Turkey’s failure to prevent abuses in the occupied city.
• Seriously ill prisoner released from jail after 30 years 

  Abdulhalim Kırtay, one of the seriously ill prisoners on the IHD list, was released from jail after 30 years.
• Another political prisoner dies because of the AKP-MHP policies 

  Political prisoner Abdullah Oran in Ankara Sincan Prison was killed by the policies of the AKP-MHP government.
• Iran sentences Kurdish teacher to jail, additional penalties 

  Alizadeh was arrested by security forces on 18 October 2022 during the anti-government protests in Abdanan, Ilam province, and released on a bail of 1 billion Tomans – nearly 20,000 USD – 15 days later.
• March for political prisoners in Berlin  

  An international march was held in Berlin to mark International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners.
• Iranian regime executes seven Kurdish prisoners in Urmia jail 

  According to Mezopotamya Agency (MA), the Iranian regime executed seven Kurdish prisoners in Urmia jail.
• Families apply to visit their relatives on Imrali 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• CPT adopts report on visit to Imrali in plenary session 

  The CPT held its 110th plenary meeting in Strasbourg.
• Kurdistan Alliance and IHD call for the Halabja massacre to be recognized as a genocide 

  The Kurdistan Alliance and the Human Rights Association (IHD) demanded that the Halabja massacre be recognized as a "genocide".
• Young people from Solothurn take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Young people from Solothurn took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Ill prisoner says repression in Ahlat T Type Closed jail increasing 

  Naif İşçi, an ill prisoner in Ahlat T Type Closed Prison, called for sensitivity to the escalating oppression in jails and said that "there is no day when our friends are not punished."
• Öcalan’s lawyers write an open letter to Minister of Justice: Are you aware of your responsibility? 

  “From which law do you get the right to keep a prison and the four Kurdish political prisoners in that prison under these conditions, to cut off all communication with the outside world?” ask Öcalan’s lawyers in an open letter to the Minister of Justice.
• Ayten Öztürk remains under house arrest and can't help her disabled sister in Hatay 

  Ayten Öztürk could not go to her disabled sister who was affected by the earthquake in Hatay because she has been kept under house arrest for about 2 years.
• Ill prisoner Nimet Değiş released after 31 years in prison 

  Ill prisoner Nimet Değiş was released after 31 years in prison.
• Iran executes four prisoners in Urmia 

  Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported the execution of four prisoners in Urmia.
• Front Line Defenders concerned about violence against human rights defenders in earthquake regions 

  Front Line Defenders said it is "deeply concerned about the reports of violence, legal harassment, arbitrary arrests and threats against human rights defenders in the regions affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey."