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• Families waiting to recover remains of children for 77 days 

  The families of HPG guerrillas Salih Ekinci and Izzet Yiğit, who fell martyr in Elazığ, cannot take their children’ remains. Families have been waiting for the result of the DNA test for 77 days.
• There is isolation in prison, but no medicines are given 

  Brother and sister Haşim Gezer and Garibe Gezer are brother and sister. They are in Elazığ Prison and Kayseri Women's Prison and both are ill. They told their sister about the violations of their rights.
• 8 Mapuche prisoners stop drinking on 114th day of hunger strike 

  The Mapuche political prisoners on hunger strike in Angol jail, sent out a document to the Gendarmerie to communicate that they have also stopped drinking as of Monday night.
• Kaya: Lawyer Timtik's condition worsening in hospital 

  Lawyer Ebru Timtik, who has been on death fast for 235 days demanding a fair trial has been held in hospital against her will for 26 days and her condition is worsening.
• Staff surveys reveal widespread racism at the United Nations 

  A survey of over 688 UN staffers in Geneva reveals that more than 1 in 3 staff have personally experienced racial discrimination and/or have witnessed others facing racial discrimination in the workplace.
• New massacre of young people in Colombia 

  The governor of Nariño, Jhon Alexander Rojas Cabrera, has called for social investment and other measures to take control of the violence.
• Lawyer Ünsal: We stand together against repression 

  The Solidarity for Justice Platform organized a protest for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal on death fast demanding a fair trial.
• Mapuche leader signs agreement with government and ends fasting  

  Córdova and the other 26 Mapuche people went on a hunger strike to demand the possibility of spending part of their sentences in their original communities.
• Lawyers: Isolation has been confirmed by the CPT report on Imrali 

  The isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan is getting worse. The ongoing isolation that has been going on for 21 years has taken on different dimensions especially in recent years.
• Jailed journalists interview inmates in Corona risk group in Van 

  Thousands of prisoners were released with the amendment made to the Law of Execution last April, but political prisoners were excluded from the amendment.
• Fasting Mapuche leader sends new proposal to Chilean government 

  This call was made amid the Mapuche people's fight for the liberation of spiritual advisor (Machi) Celestino Cordova.
• UN warns of spiral of violence in Colombia  

  The UN recorded 41 murders of former FARC combatants in the first half of 2020, a 10 percent increase on the same period last year.
• AIDL calls for the release of Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal 

  The International Alliance for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms called on the Turkish authorities to meet the legitimate demands of the hunger strikers, the only guarantee of their survival.
• Journalists demand justice for lawyers on death fast 

  Journalists underlined that the demands of lawyers should be accepted and said: “We, as Journalists Defending Life, do not want to report about death anymore.”
• 50 prisoners test positive for coronavirus in Bitlis 

  In a high-security prison in the province of Bitlis, coronavirus has been detected in 50 prisoners.
• Mapuche leader reaches day 104 of his hunger strike 

  Machi Celestino began a hunger strike to demand that the Mapuche political prisoners' rights and the Indigenous rights be respected.
• Lawyer Timtik's cousin says hospital is even worse than prison 

  Şimal Deniz, Timtik’s cousin, who stayed with Timtik as a companion for 8 days, drew attention to the fact that the conditions at the hospital are worse than those in prison.
• Report confirms systematic rights violations in Elazığ jail 

  MED TUHAD-FED exposed violence and rights violatoins in Elazığ High Security Prison No 2.
• Bar associations: Timtik and Ünsal must live 

  The presidents of dozens of bar associations in Turkey demand a fair trial for the hunger-striking lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Not only their lives, but also the right to defence is at high risk.
• Prisoner Gül calls off hunger strike 

  Political prisoner Cüneyt Gül called of his hunger strike but is denied visit with his lawyer.
• IHD publishes 6-month rights violation report 

  The 6-month balance sheet report on rights violations in North Kurdistan, prepared by the Amed Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD), has been presented.
• Force-feeding imposed on two lawyers on death fast 

  Lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who are on death fast, are facing an imposition of force-feeding in hospital.
• Mapuche in Chile demand the release of political prisoners  

  The Mapuche community held mass demonstrations in several regions of Chile on Sunday to support political prisoners on a hunger strike for several weeks.
• Violation of rights in Marmara prisons continue 

  Prisoners are denied papers, access to health, and are often not taken to common areas officially because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a latest report.
• Ill prisoners are in serious conditions and must be released 

  The Turkish government takes no action for the countless ill prisoners who need to be treated and released.