HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Kate Osamor MP writes to PM May over remarks against the Kurds 

  Kate Osamor MP for Edmonton stated that PM May’s remarks against the Kurds could encourage racist attacks by extremist Turkish groups in the UK against Kurdish people.
• Prisoners stage a protest in Diyarbakir jail 

  The protest has begun on Sunday morning.
• Brutal attack on prisoners in Van T Type Prison: 3 injured 

  Guards have attacked prisoners in Van T Type Prison, injuring three inmates who were then hospitalized.
• PKK prisoners held in adjacent wards to ISIS members 

  PKK prisoners exiled to Manisa-Akhisar Type T Closed Prison from the Silivri Type L Closed Prison are being held in wards adjacent to ISIS members.
• Call from two Kurdish prisoners sentenced to death in Iran 

  Two Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar Muradî and Ramin Hossein Panahi sent an open letter and called on the public for awareness against the Iranian regime’s order of execution.
• Freedom for  Öcalan Vigil entered week 309 

  Kurds from all over Europe join the action in front of the Council of Europe
• Peace Mothers stand with HDP Selahattin Demirtaş 

  Peace Mothers Initiative said they will vote for HDP Presidential candidate, a vote for peace
• Panahi’s lawyer: Death penalty has no legal basis 

  Lawyer said the trial of the Kurdish prisoner full of legal flaws.
• Appeal to EU by Panahi’s mother: Do not allow the execution! 

  The mother of the Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, who has been sentenced to death by the Iranian state, is calling on the EU to stop the execution of her son.
• Wrote letter to Demirtaş, served 4 extra months in prison 

  Mehmet Kadri Öden wrote a letter to Selahattin Demirtaş from the prison he was arrested in, and ended up serving 4 extra months in prison.
• Peace Mothers from Aleppo condemn the isolation of Öcalan  

  Peace Mothers Initiative condemned the Turkish state’s isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and called on the world public and human rights organizations to break their silence.
• Lawyers’ appeal to meet with Öcalan rejected for the 758th time 

  The Turkish state continues denying access to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who is held in aggravated isolation.
• Peoples’ Tribunal finds Turkey violated international laws 

  Turkish State is held responsible for denying the right to self-international determination of the Kurdish People.
• Amnesty International calls for urgent action for Panahi 

  Amnesty International has called for urgent action for Kurdish political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi who is at imminent risk of execution after Ramadan.
• Kurdish political prisoner Panahi to be executed after Ramadan 

  The execution of Kurdish political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi had been halted after massive protest worldwide campaign.
• Justice for Roboski campaign goes on 

  Despite the European Court of Human Rights dismissal of the application, Roboski families keep fight for justice.
• Ezidis condemn the destruction of condolence house in Nusaybin 

  Ezidis called on UN to stop the Turkish state attacks.
• Human Rights Association: Öcalan’s situation unacceptable 

  IHD General Assembly reiterated the importance of 24 June elections.
• Ill prisoner tied and tortured 

  Prisoner tied and beaten up while transferred to another jail.
• HDP: ECHR’s decision on Roboski shameful 

  The European Court of Human Rights said not all domestic resources had been exhausted in the Roboski case.
• Seriously ill prisoner denied medicines and water 

  Family of Ergin Aktaş calls on people to support prisoners on hunger strike.
• Lawyer Altıparmak: “ECHR cancelled the Roboski appeal” 

  European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has allegedly cancelled the appeal regarding the Roboski massacre with a scandalous excuse.
• International Tribunal to announce verdict on Turkey 

  The International Tribunal in French capital Paris will announce the verdict on Turkey’s war crimes on May 24.
• Health of 4 prisoners on hunger strike quickly deteriorating 

  The Human Rights Association called for action as four ill prisoners face death.
• Armed attack against LGBTI activist in Istanbul 

  LGBTI activist Kıvılcım Arat and her friend Mehmet Dirlik were attacked with a gun by her neighbors in her yard.