HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Six more prisoners on indefinite hunger strike against isolation 

  Six more prisoners have joined the growing hunger strike action in prisons.
• 781st appeal to visit Ocalan rejected 

  Turkish authorities continue to ban communication with Abdullah Öcalan as part of an aggravated isolation policy.
• Hunger Strike Prison Initiative: Action needed now 

  "Leyla Güven - said Gergerlioğlu - has raised her voice not for her mandate but to demand the end of isolation. She is in pursuit of an extremely honorable demand: peace and and honourable life for the people of this land."
• Italian lawyers: Hunger strike to continue until isolation lifted 

  Two Italian lawyers were part of the MEP and human rights defenders delegation prevented from visiting Leyla Güven in Amed.
• Prisoners in Van to continue their hunger strike 

  Prisoners in Van stated that their hunger strike will continue until the isolation on Öcalan is totally lifted.
• IHD shared information on Leyla Güven’s health 

  Human Rights Association (İHD) co-chair said they were not allowed to see and talk to Leyla Güven.
• Prisoners: Isolation continues, we continue the hunger strike 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons are continuing their hunger strike against the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Many violations against prisoners on hunger strike 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners are on hunger strike demanding the end of the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Sit-in for ill prisoners blocked by Istanbul police 

  “In order to avoid new deaths in prisons, new ill prisoners, isolation has to be removed, the demands of prisoners should be met and steps should be taken to resolve problems.”
• Saturday Mothers met for the 720th time 

  The Saturday Mothers got together for the 720th time to demand justice and the truth for those who disappeared while in state forces custody.
• Lawyer Çelik: Situation in prisons worsening 

  Lawyer Çelik spoke of the hunger strike in prisons and of the continued rights violations.
• Prisoners on hunger strike in Trabzon placed in cell 

  Repression against political prisoners who are on hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, continues.
• Platform to monitor prisons formed in Amed 

  The Amed Bar Association, IHD, OHD, Chamber of Medicine and TIHV have formed a platform for the hunger strikes.
• At least 156 prisoners on indefinite hunger strike 

  The number of prisoners who went on indefinite and non-alternate hunger strikes to protest the isolation imposed upon Abdullah Ocalan has risen to at least 156. 
• In prison despite suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder 

  Activists drew attention to seriously ill prisoner Uğur Selman Kelekçiler.
• Murdered journalist Göktepe remembered in Izmir 

  IHD Izmir Branch made a press conference in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Konak demanding justice and truth for the disappeared people.
• Relatives of the Disappeared commended Leyla Güven 

  The search for justice continues for the victims of unidentified murders.
• Four thousand children are imprisoned in Turkey 

  Emin Çoban, director of the Children's Rights Center in the Amed Bar Association, announced that nearly 4,000 children are in prison in Turkey, of whom 170 are refugees and around 700 are under the age of six.
• Saturday Mothers laid red carnations in Galatasaray Square 

  "This square is where we unite with our disappeared relatives. It is the conscience of this country. We will not leave this square.”
• Turkish authorities reject 777th appeal to visit Öcalan 

  The 777th application filed by lawyers of Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan to meet with their clients was rejected once again by the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
• Saturday Mothers demanded justice for the 718th week 

  Saturday Mothers met in Istanbul for the last Saturday of 2018.
• Sick prisoner passes away during hearing 

  Sick prisoner Ibrahim Akbaba suffered a cardiac arrest during his trial in Mardin which he attended through the video conferencing system SEGBIS from the Edirne Type F Prison and lost his life.
• Kurdish political prisoner Jalalian banned from weekly meeting 

  Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, was once again banned from the weekly meeting by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence. Also, Khoy Prison officials have denied her access to necessary medicine.
• Peace Mothers faced police repression in Istanbul 

  Members of the Peace Mothers Assembly gathered in front of their headquarters in Fatih, Istanbul, to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Platform Against Isolation informs on hunger strikes in jails 

  “64 prisoners detained in jails in various provinces began an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike on different dates. Over 600 prisoners took part in an alternate hunger strike action.”