HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Political prisoners in Turkey to start warning actions 

  Political prisoners in Turkey denounce an increase in repression during the Coronavirus pandemic and will start a series of warning actions.
• Social leader killed in Colombia 

  Leon Perez's assassination increases the total death toll for social leaders to 14 in the Putumayo department so far in 2020.
• Paramilitaries in Colombia kill two teenagers and a bus driver 

  The assassination of former FARC-EP guerrillas and their families doesn't stop in Colombia. The latest victim was only 15.
• "The ill prisoners are our bleeding wound" 

  ANF spoke with Havva Özcan, honorary president of the prisoners' solidarity organisation MED TUHAD-FED, about the situation of ill prisoners in Turkey. She says that the government is full of hostility and hatred towards them.
• Concerns over the fate of Zeynab Jalalian in quarantine 

  Jalalian is currently being held in the quarantine ward of Qarchak prison where she was transferred by the security forces after the other prisons refused to accept her.
• Thousands march against racism in many German cities 

  The killing in the US of George Floyd by the police was protested with a big demonstration in Cologne and others in Stuttgart and Freiburg.
• IHD demands justice for Aksoy and Cingöz missing since 1995 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) Izmir Branch used to meet every week in front of Sümerbank to demand justice and the truth for the disappeared while in state forces custody.
• Saturday Mothers demand justice for Buldan, Yıldırım and Karay 

  The Saturday Mothers in Istanbul came together for the 793rd time to ask about the whereabouts of their missing relatives and to demand punishment for those responsible for “enforced disappearance”.
• IHD says ill prisoner Polat not given his medicines 

  Members of the Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch Prison Commission carried out their 'F' weekly action to draw attention to the condition of ill prisoners through social media accounts.
• Health condition of prisoners worsening, says IHD 

  The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative carried out its weekly action through social media due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
• 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.