Human Rights Association (IHD) Diyarbakir Branch has disclosed the four-months report of 2011 on human rights violations in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Regions. The report, observing an intense increasing in violations, noted that 11 thousand 426 human rights violations were experienced in four months alone. Remarking that violations are observed mainly during police interventions in social events, the report underlined that 2 thousand 788 people were detained and 747 arrested within four months. The report recorded that 776 people were subjected to torture and ill-treatment and a thousand 217 people were imposed to investigation, trial and penalties in four months.
According to the report announced by Akdemir, figures of rights violations in the region are as follows:
* Security forces dying in conflicts - 3 dead, 26 wounded
* PKK militants who lost their life in conflict: 27 dead, 3 wounded
*Unidentified murder, extrajudicial execution, violation of the power to use weapon - 6 dead, 22 wounded
* Mines and independent explosives – 2 dead, 15 wounded
*Deaths due to formal defects and negligence
* Soldier / police suicide - 8 dead, 2 attempts
*Women’s suicide – 30 dead, 6 attempts
*Men’s suicide – 21 dead, 7 attempts
*Children's suicide - 15 dead, 3 attempts
* Honor killings - 4 dead
*Detentions – 2 thousand 788
*Arrests – 747
* Torture and ill-treatment – 776
*People imposed to investigation, trial and penalties – one thousand 217
* Violations in prisons – 294
* Intervention in social events – 236 interventions, 618 wounded
*Detained refugees and immigrants – a thousand 355
*Field, highland, pasture area and grazing prohibition – 21
* Violations resulting from military operations – 20
*Pressure for village-guardship – 58
* Mass grave allegation – 75 mass graves – a thousand 132 people
* Applications on the dead bodies of militants – 22
* Other violations – a thousand 857
Total number of violations: 11 thousand 426