HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Guards attack political prisoners who refused to take off their shoes in Bakırköy Women's jail 

  Guards attacked political prisoners who refused to take off their shoes in Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison.
• Öcalan's lawyers file new application to visit Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan filed a new application to meet with their clients, who have been incommunicado for 37 months.
• EMEP was prevented from supporting Emine Şenyaşar 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit have been demanding justice for 64 days.
• KHRAG calls on Amnesty International to investigate appalling conditions of Öcalan’s incarceration 

  KHRAG called on Amnesty International to investigate the appalling conditions of Öcalan’s incarceration.
• Bar Associations and NGOs call on the CPT to “take immediate steps for İmralı” 

  Bar associations and NGOs sent a letter to the CPT against the isolation regime in İmralı Island Prison and said, "Urgent action is needed."
• Kurdish political prisoners Moradi and Azizi, 8 months in Evin prison without trial 

  Kurdish political prisoners Warisha Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi have been detained in Evin prison for 8 months, without a trial.
• 15-year-old kolbar child dies of cold in Saqqez 

  On 24 March, Hastyar Abdul Karimi, a 15-year-old kolbar child, died of cold in Saqqez, near the Iraqi Kurdistan border.
• Öcalan's lawyers file new applications to meet with their client in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Asrın Law Office made new applications to meet with their client, Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is under absolute isolation in Imrali.
• 75-year-old woman falls ill in prison three days after being arrested 

  75-year-old Hatice Yıldız, who was taken into custody on a stretcher, fell ill in the prison where she was kept in isolation.
• Asrın Law Office: İmralı Island is kept behind a veil of secrecy 

  Drawing attention to the isolation in İmralı, Asrin Law Office said: "We cannot hear from Abdullah Öcalan, there is a veil of secrecy in İmralı". The office emphasized that a heavy torture model is applied in İmralı.
• 81 bar associations expose increase in sexual crimes against children  

  The bar associations of 81 cities said that sexual crimes against children have tripled in nine years, and added: "Let's say stop to sexual abuse of children together."
• 75-year-old ill woman jailed for sending money to her prisoner daughter  

  75-year-old Hatice Yıldız, who was sentenced to prison for sending money to her daughter and her friend in jail, was arrested. The ill woman was taken out of the house on a stretcher.
• IHD Van Branch says rights of prisoners on hunger strike are violated 

  Announcing the report on the prisons in the Serhat region, IHD Van Branch said that the isolation has been increased to the highest level and that the prisoners on hunger strike are under a lot of pressure.
• Visitor entrance gate of the Ministry of Justice closed to Emine Şenyaşar 

  The visitor entrance gate of the Ministry of Justice was closed to Emine Şenyaşar.
• Amed Bar Association protests detention of 38 children during Newroz celebration  

  The Amed Bar Association protested the detention of 38 children during the Newroz celebration and stated that they were unlawful.
• Emine Şenyaşar: Where should I go for justice? 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit (Urfa DEM Party MP) continued their Justice Vigil in Ankara.
• Emine Şenyaşar: There is no such thing as a court 

  Emine Şenyaşar, who continued her vigil in front of the Ministry of Justice, drew attention to the unlawful practices of the court and asked for her son to be released.
• Human rights groups urge extension of UN mandates on Iran 

  Appealing to the representatives of the member states of the UN Human Rights Council, dozens of human rights organisations call for the extension of the mandates of the United Nations Special Rapporteur and the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran.
• Prisoner Tüzün kept in isolation for 10 days despite being seriously ill 

  Prisoner Ismail Tüzün in Kırşehir High Security Closed Prison has been kept in isolation for 10 days despite his serious illness.
• Council of Europe calls for the immediate release of Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ and Kavala 

  The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers reiterated their call for the immediate release of the HDP co-chairs and politicians, and philanthropist Osman Kavala.
• Seriously ill prisoner dies shortly after been released 

  Seriously ill prisoner Ismet Çardak, whose release was postponed for a long time on the grounds that he was "dangerous for public safety" and who was eventually freed in a wheelchair 15 days ago, died after a heart attack.
• Kurdish political prisoner Ghassemi enters ninth day of hunger strike in Urmia prison 

  Kurdish political prisoner Kamran Ghassemi has entered the eighth day of his hunger strike in solitary confinement in Urmia Central Prison.
• Demirtaş lawyers say body search practice ended after protests 

  The imposition of the body search on Selahattin Demirtaş, initiated upon the directive of the Ministry of Justice, has come to an end, said the politician's lawyers.
• Doctors Working Group calls for an international delegation to be granted immediate access to İmralı 

  The Doctors Working Group of Kurd-Akad released a report on the conditions on Imrali prison island in the context of health, aiming to investigate the conditions on the prison island of İmralı in the context of health.
• Emine Şenyaşar protests once again in front of Ministry of Justice 

  Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and 2 sons were murdered by the bodyguards and relatives of former AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız, came before the Turkish Ministry of Justice once again to demand the release of her detained son.