HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Marriage Equality finally legal in the North of Ireland 

  After a long political battle, marriage equality has been finally introduced to the North of Ireland
• 80,000 people march for political prisoners in the Basque country 

  Around 80,000 people have joined the demonstrations in Baiona and Bilbao to demand a change in the prison policy of exception against Basque political prisoners.
• HDP MP Güzel: Consciousness and ideology isolated 

  Commenting on the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, HDP deputy Semra Güzel says: "It is not just one person who is isolated, it is a question of consciousness, ideas and ideology.
• Ill prisoner Nebi Ilhan passes away 

  Nebi Ilhan, who was in Siirt E Type Prison, died in the hospital where he was being treated.
• Lawyers Association: Turkey must be tried for war crimes 

  The Association of Lawyers from North and East Syria demands accountability for the war crimes of the Turkish state in the occupied territories.
• Women protest against ‘child abuse amnesty’ 

  The AKP is planning a draft law that would provide for an amnesty in cases of sexual abuse of minors in the event of marriage between victim and perpetrator. In over forty cities in Turkey, women have taken to the streets against this.
• Sick prisoner Ufuk Keskin should be released immediately 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch Prison Commission carried out the 406th "F  Sit-in" to draw attention to sick prisoners in jail. In particular this week the action was for prisoner Ufuk Keskin.
• Grup Yorum member Gökçek on death fast 

  Ibrahim Gökçek, one of the five protesting members of Grup Yorum, has went on death fast.
• Saturday Mothers: 2020 shall be the year of justice 

  The initiative of the "Saturday Mothers" in Istanbul wants to make 2020 the year of justice for all. At their first vigil of the year, they called for intensified struggle.
• KHRN uncovers child abuse, torture, murder of people in Marivan 

  Iranian security and military authorities have resorted to widespread suppression, violence against civilians, torture, murder and even sexually abusing children.
• Torture exposed in Ankara Police Department 

  Ankara Bar Association Human Rights Centre prepared a report on torture carried out by Ankara Police Department.
• IHD denounces situation of sick prisoner Abdülhakim Eşiyok 

  IHD said that the situation of sick prisoner Abdülhakim Eşiyok was serious and he should be released immediately.
• IHD paid tribute to victims of Roboski in Istanbul 

  The Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) commemorated the 34 Kurdish civilians who were murdered by Turkish warplanes in Roboski, eight years ago. The IHD said the State must respond for Roboski and all massacres.
• Ferhat Encu: We won't give up our struggle for justice 

  Speaking on the 8th anniversary of the Roboski Massacre, HDP Ferhat Encu said: "From arrest to punishment, the State tried to make us give up the struggle [for justice] by constantly resorting to the judicial mechanism".
• TUAY-DER: Prisoners are constantly tortured! 

  TUAY-DER co-chair Elif Haran stated that they received many complaints from prisoners complaining about being tortured and harassed.
• Father of HPG guerrilla shown parts of three different bodies 

  The family of HPG Mercan Erkol, who wanted to take the body of their son, was shown a grave with parts of three different bodies.
• Two foreign female academics held in Iran go on hunger strike 

  Two female academics held in Tehran’s Evin Prison called for international solidarity as they announced that they would be denying food and water indefinitely as of Christmas Eve.
• IHD Co-chair: Isolation at Imrali affects the entire society 

  For more than four months now, the Turkish state has again been relying on the total isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. ANF spoke with prominent lawyer Eren Keskin about the situation on Imrali. She says that the Imrali system affects the whole society.
• IHD says Selahattin Demirtaş suffers from serious health problems 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) warned that jailed HDP former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş suffers from serious health problems.
• Rights violations in Tarsus Prison exposed 

  It has been disclosed that the prison administration of Tarsus threatened prisoners with threats such as "You don't deserve to live, we can do anything to you".
• Osman Kavala remains in custody despite ECtHR ruling 

  A Turkish court in Istanbul has rejected the release of activist Osman Kavala, for whom the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled right violation and release two weeks ago.
• Victims of Maraş and Roboski massacres commemorated in Toulouse 

  Victims of the massacres of Maraş and Roboski were commemorated in Toulouse.
• Sick prisoners in Bolu jail do not receive proper treatment 

  The Sick Prisoners Initiative pointed out that prisoners in Bolu F-Type Closed Prison don't receive treatment.
• Istanbul police attack demo for prisoner on death fast 

  Koçak has been on indefinite fast for 171 days demanding fair trial.
• Kurdish journalists sued by military commander acquitted 

  The seven Kurdish journalists sued by a Turkish military commander for "naming actors in the fight against terror" in connection with the destruction of Sur have been acquitted.