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• Peace Mothers: The key to peace is in Imrali 

  Peace Mothers in Izmir said that they wanted to welcome 1 September World Peace Day in a peaceful environment and pointed to Imralı for a solution.
• Mapuche communities denounce Covid outbreak in Lebu jail 

  The community members have denounced that the symptoms have been hidden or handled by the Gendarmerie in order to lower the profile of the prisoners’ condition.
• IHD denounces worsening of ill prisoner Ali Kuş condition 

  The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative drew attention to the situation of Ali Kuş, who is held in Tarsus No 3 Type Closed Prison.
• Activists pay tribute to lawyer Timtik in London and Paris 

  Layer Ebru Timtik was commemorated in London and Paris. She died on the 238th day of death fast demanding a fair trial.
• Urgent call to save lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 

  Urgent appeal for lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who is on the 210th day of his death fast demanding a fair trial.
• Saturday Mothers: The state must face its past 

  On the Day of the Disappeared, the Istanbul Initiative of Saturday Mothers has once again called on the Turkish government to clarify the fate of the missing and sign the UN Convention against Disappearances.
• Lawyer says Timtik is "resisting because she wants to live" 

  Lawyer Didem Baydar Ünsal met with her colleague on death fast Ebru Timtik and said she is resisting to live.
• Vigil for lawyers on hunger strike continues 

  Freedom of Defense Coordination held a vigil in front of Bakırköy Sadi Konuk Hospital for two lawyers on death fast.
• 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.