HUMAN RIGHTS

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• HRW calls on Iran to release wrongfully detained prisoners 

  Families are concerned over coronavirus risks in prisons.
• Prisoners tortured and put in isolation 

  The prisoners deported from Tarsus T Type Closed Prison to Aksaray T Type Closed Prison were tortured and put in solitary confinement.
• Grup Yorum members on death fast taken to hospital by force 

  Two members of Grup Yorum, İbrahim Gökçek and Helin Bölek, who have been on death fast at the Resistance House were taken to hospital by force.
• IHD: Aysel Koç had her rights constantly violated 

  IHD Prison Commission announced that MKP-HKO fighter Aysel Koç, who is claimed to have ended her life in prison, was subjected to systematic violation of rights.
• HRW calls on Greece to allow new arrivals to claim asylum 

  Denying people access to asylum is inhumane and illegal, said HRW and urged the Greek government to immediately reverse the decision to suspend access to asylum for people who crossed the border irregularly.
• Body of female guerrilla not given to her family for 4 months 

  The tortured body of a female guerrilla fighter, who died in December 2019, is not given to her family.
• HDK: Refugees must not be used as a bargaining chip 

  No matter what their race, religion, nationality, membership of a social group or political view is, everybody has the right to live honourably and this right must be preserved in every condition, said the HDK.
• IHD condemns ban of anti-war actions by governors 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) drew attention to the fact that peace is attacked by 'banning' actions and activities against war in several cities.
• Turkish authorities deny burial for female guerrilla from Iran 

  Almost six months after her death, the body of female guerrilla fighter Kubar Hacizade, who died in Lice, was handed over to her relatives. Now authorities are refusing permission for her burial.
• University student suffering from colon cancer remains in jail 

  The hearing of prisoner Devrim Ayık, who is suffering from colon cancer, was held on Thursday. Despite the fact that the testimonies against him were withdrawn, Ayık was not released.
• Photo of an injustice: No lawyer, no defense, 12 years sentence 

  Nazlı Solgun, who lives in Iğdır, was detained in 2010. Solgun, who was on trial with 10 people, was hastily sentenced to 12 years in prison for "being member of an illegal organization".
• Violations and torture reported in prisons in Black Sea region 

  Van Bar prepared a report of violations of rights in prisons in the Black Sea region. The report also stated that the prisoner named Metin Aktin has been on hunger strike since 13 February.
• IHD: Turkey is committing serious crimes in refugee crisis 

  "It is a great crime to take refugees to the borders and risky crossing points without consensus, considering the deaths already experienced,” said the Human Rights Association (IHD).
• AI: Inhumane asylum measures in Greece will put lives at risk 

  Amnesty International:"The inhumane measures which the Greek authorities are taking to prevent people from entering the country are an appalling betrayal of Greece’s human rights responsibilities and will put the lives of people fleeing violence at risk."
• IHD: Sick prisoners are left to die 

  The 414th "F-Session" of the Human Rights Association (IHD) in Istanbul focused today on the situation of Ali Gülmez. The political prisoner is seriously ill, but his release is still being refused by the judicial authorities.
• Saturday Mothers: Where is the body of Cüneyt Aydınlar? 

  At today's rally of the Saturday Mothers in Istanbul, the fate of Cüneyt Aydınlar has been asked. The 23-year-old student disappeared in February 1994 after his arrest by state forces.
• Parents of prisoner on death fast arrested again 

  Koçak went on a hunger strike demanding a fair trial and turned his protest on the 90th day into death fast which is on day 242.
• HDP: The AKP uses refugees as a political tool 

  "The AKP uses refugees as weapons. The AKP will be responsible for any death," said HDP Immigration and Refugees Commission Gülsüm Ağaoğlu.
• Political prisoner is on death fast to protest against torture 

  "They took me to another ward by force. The guards tortured me. That's why I have been on death fast for 4 days."
• Report on rights violations in Afyon jail published 

  Rights organizations prepared a report on torture in Afyon T Type Closed Prison. In the report, it was exposed that the prison director told guards: "Torture is free. Beat but do not leave a trace."
• House of an elderly couple stormed with seven helicopters in Lice 

  With seven helicopters, the Turkish army landed in a village in Lice to arrest a man wanted for alleged "terror charges". Because he was not found, soldiers mistreated his 66- and 78-years old parents.
• Lawyers of the Asrın Law Office apply to the CPT  

  Asrın Law Office has applied to the CPT (Committee for the Prevention of Torture) regarding the violations in the right to visit with families and lawyers against Abdullah Öcalan and Ömer HayriKonar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş.
• ECtHR rejects application for political prisoner without hands 

  Political prisoner Ergin Aktaş has been certified five times that he cannot remain in custody. Nevertheless he is to serve a life sentence in isolation. In the opinion of the ECHR this is justified.
• IHD Van issues report on rights violations in the city's prisons 

  IHD Van Branch has prepared a report on the violations of rights in the city's prisons.
• Amnesty International report denounces crimes in North-East Syria 

  Civilian massacres, indiscriminate attacks, confiscation and looting of property, arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment, summary killings and abduction documented by Amnesty International in North-East Syria.