HUMAN RIGHTS

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• IHD demands justice and truth for Nihat Aydoğan missing since '94 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed Branch and relatives of the disappeared carried out their action 591 via social media, due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
• Kaya: Listen to the cry for justice of lawyers on death fast 

  People's Law Firm (HHB) lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been sentenced to many years in prison based on statements by informers and no evidence.
• Associations issue report on graveyards desecrated in Erçis 

  The Van Bar Association Human Rights Commission, the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) and the Human Rights Association (IHD) released their report on the attack on the attacks on graveyards in Erciş.
• In a prison cell at the age of three 

  Dilgeş is only three years old. He has been in prison with his mother for almost two weeks. He suffers from kidney disease and cannot eat the prison food. Because there is no hot water, he cannot have a bath.
• International solidarity with lawyers Timtik and Ünsal 

  365 lawyers from many countries signed a petition signed to the Supreme Court for jailed lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaş Ünsal who are on death fast. Family of Timtik appeal on people to speak out for the two lawyers.
• Two men tortured by the police are remanded in custody 

  M.E.C and F.A, who were remanded in custody after being detained in Amed. Two people who were detained with M.A were released on bail.
• Appeal for imprisoned lawyers to end the death fast 

  More than 1200 persons announced in a joint declaration that they will work for the fulfilment of the demand of lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal who are on death fast and asked the lawyers to end their protest.
• Police abduct and bury remains of Vefa Kartal 

  The police put pressure on Kartal’s family yesterday due to news about him.
• Brother of prisoner who died in jail: The State wanted revenge 

  Vefa Kartal was on the list of seriously ill prisoners released by the IHD, but continued to remain behind bars despite his serious condition.
• Action in Ulm to demand justice for the disappeared people 

  ICAD representatives called on all progressive humanity to stand beside the families of the disappeared people demanding truth and justice.
• Lawyer Ebru Timtik on death fast for 150 days 

  Lawyer Ebru Timtik is on a death fast in a Turkish prison demanding a fair trial. Her colleague Seda Şaraldı visited her in the Silivri prison complex and tells her impressions.
• Ill prisoner Vefa Kartal passes away in Edirne jail  

  Vefa Kartal had been in prison for 26 years and suffered from many health problems.
• Hrant Dink Foundation receives death threat 

  The threat accuses the Hrant Dink Foundation of telling ‘tales of fraternity’, demands the Foundation to leave the country and threatens Rakel Dink and the foundation’s lawyer with death.
• Silivri jail report confirms presence of many Covid-19 cases 

  IHD and lawyers associations visited Silivri prison where 107 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed.
• Sinn Féin expresses concern for lawyers on death fast 

  The lawyers went on death fast as from 5 April demanding justice and the right to a fair trial.
• IHD president labels security forces violence as "systemic" 

  The expansion of the powers of the police and "neighbourhood guards" has led to an increasing number of attacks on the population in recent weeks, said the Human Rights Association (IHD).
• Health condition of prisoner with cancer worsening 

  Mehmet Salih Filiz, a seriously ill prisoner, said that his health condition has deteriorated: "They want to take revenge," he said and called on people to "be the voice of ill prisoners."
• Impunity makes children the target of security forces 

  In Kurdish provinces children are not just the target of state forces such as police or soldiers. In 2010, the state took a step which turned "children who were throwing stones" and who were under 15 into "children who were pushed into crime".
• IHD exposes violation of rights in Van prisons  

  The Human Rights Association Van Branch released a report after a visit to prisons in the city.
• Prisoner Geçgel says he has received threats 

  Halil Geçgel, a prisoner in Bolu F-Type Prison, denounced being threatened.
• HDP: Conditions are worsening in Turkey's prisons 

  HDP called on international institutions and authorities to closely monitor prisons in Turkey and mobilize the mechanisms and resources at their disposal to protect the rights and health of prisoners in Turkey and beyond.
• 25 years of Saturday Mothers: With carnations against the police 

  Twenty-five years ago, the Saturday Mothers first went to Galatasaray High School in Istanbul to demand clarification of the fate of their disappeared relatives. Today they threw carnations over the police bars in the closed square.
• 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.