Kurdish prisoners denounce jail condition
Kurdish prisoners denounce jail condition
A Kurdish prisoner Ebedin Abi kept in Trabzon E Type Closed Prison said the food given to the prisoners is full of insects and they are left to languish in the prison. In his letter to the Human Rights Association in Turkey (IHD) Abi also said due to over-crowd they have to stay six inmates in 3-person cells.
Abi further said all their protest against the prison conditions were confronted with disciplinary punishment by the prison administration. He added: “Due to our objections we were transferred to a ward where the dormitory and the kitchen are in within the other. Because of the humidity the food goes off and even the beds became mouldy.”
Discrimination between political and non-political prisoners
Abi also said that although there is enough space in the prison the political prisoner are yet kept in “isolation wards” whereas the non-political prisoners are staying in twelve-person wards only five or six inmates. He further stated that the political prisoners are allowed to go to gym only twice in a month and they are deprived of any courses or other social activities.
Ward searches are provocative
He also said that in the course of monthly ward searches they are subjected to arbitrary treatments. For instance, the radios which were allowed by the administration before are collected during the searched without any reason. “Even the roses we grew in flowerpots were taken away. These practices are clear provocations” added Abi.
Abi also said that the families most of the political prisoners are living in the south east which is quite a long way for the families to visit them. Although they applied to be transferred to the prisons in the south east so that the families could come to visit them more often their requests have been rejected without any justification.
Abi further stated that he is diabetic and cardiac and needs to go under a check-up once in a month however, his requests are denied. He also said that he has never been informed about the test results of the samples he gave to the guards to be handed to the doctors in the hospital.
It is reported that IHD will apply the Ministry of Justice in relation to these violations taking lace in the prisons.
Abi further said all their protest against the prison conditions were confronted with disciplinary punishment by the prison administration. He added: “Due to our objections we were transferred to a ward where the dormitory and the kitchen are in within the other. Because of the humidity the food goes off and even the beds became mouldy.”
Discrimination between political and non-political prisoners
Abi also said that although there is enough space in the prison the political prisoner are yet kept in “isolation wards” whereas the non-political prisoners are staying in twelve-person wards only five or six inmates. He further stated that the political prisoners are allowed to go to gym only twice in a month and they are deprived of any courses or other social activities.
Ward searches are provocative
He also said that in the course of monthly ward searches they are subjected to arbitrary treatments. For instance, the radios which were allowed by the administration before are collected during the searched without any reason. “Even the roses we grew in flowerpots were taken away. These practices are clear provocations” added Abi.
Abi also said that the families most of the political prisoners are living in the south east which is quite a long way for the families to visit them. Although they applied to be transferred to the prisons in the south east so that the families could come to visit them more often their requests have been rejected without any justification.
Abi further stated that he is diabetic and cardiac and needs to go under a check-up once in a month however, his requests are denied. He also said that he has never been informed about the test results of the samples he gave to the guards to be handed to the doctors in the hospital.
It is reported that IHD will apply the Ministry of Justice in relation to these violations taking lace in the prisons.
