HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Sick prisoners in Meneman on hunger strike for 21 days 

  Four sick prisoners in the Menemen Type R Closed Prison have been on a hunger strike for the last 21 days as their demands are not met.
• Lawyers file 753rd appeal to visit Kurdish leader Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers filed an application with the Bursa Prosecutor's Office for the 753rd time to visit their client. Since July 27, 2011, each application has been rejected.
• Prisoners battered for speaking Kurdish 

  Prisoners in Iskenderun Type M Closed Prison were subjected to torture for speaking Kurdish.
• Prisoners on hunger strike for their right to be treated 

  Four prisoners suffering from serious health conditions are protesting in Izmir-Menemen jail.
• AKP is building more prisons in Amed 

  Erdogan regime is planning more jails
• Execution of Kurdish prisoner Panahi temporarily halted 

  Kurdish political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi was taken out of solitary cell and put in an ordinary ward near other inmates. Panahi’s death sentence has not been annulled but halted temporarily.
• People’s Tribunal on Turkey to deliver its verdict 

  The verdict will be announced on 24 May at the European Parliament.
• UN rights expert urges Iran to halt imminent execution of Panahi 

  A UN human rights expert has urgently called on Iran to halt the death sentence against Iranian Kurd Ramin Hossein Panahi amid reports he will be executed on Thursday.
• Children in prison suffer violence 

  Women prisoners in Bayburt said they and their kids are not safe
• Prison guards attack political prisoners in Silivri 

  MLKP prisoners in Silivri experience increased pressure and torture.
• SOHR reports serious violations of human rights in Afrin 

  Report confirms Turkey is responsible for serious violations of human rights in Afrin.
• Hundreds of children in Turkish jails 

  According to the Ministry of Justice there were 624 children under 6 in Turkish jails by November 2017
• Dozens associations on hunger strike in Europe 

  The protest action is organized to underline the attitude of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, which has been silent about the isolation of Kurdish leader Ocalan
• Asrın Law Office: “CPT should visit Imrali as well” 

  Asrın Law Office issued a statement on the CPT’s visit to Turkey and said, “The Imrali Prison should be visited and the conditions there should be observed in person to be put into a report.”
• CPT discusses Öcalan’s situation during ad hoc visit to Turkey 

  A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Turkey from 4 to 13 April 2018.
• HDP’S Irgat: In Imrali we are witnessing torture 

  HDP MP Mizgin Irgat noted that it was unacceptable for the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to publish the Imrali report 2 years after their visit.
• Heavy prison conditions for political prisoners in Urmia 

  The central prison of Urmia in eastern Kurdistan has severe prison conditions for political prisoners.
• HRW: Turkish-allied groups loot people’s property in Afrin 

  Human Rights Watch has documented that armed groups working with Turkish forces are looting and destroying civilian property in the city of Afrin and surrounding villages, exacerbating the plight of civilians there.
• Human rights violations in Turkey in 2017 

  After the lifting of martial law in 1987 for the first time Turkey witnessed the State of Emergency (OHAL) for the whole year.
• Turkish company bans construction workers from speaking Kurdish 

  A Turkish construction company has banned its workers from speaking Kurdish at the construction site.
• Turkey sentences journalists Keskin and Capan to jail terms 

  A Turkish court sentenced journalists Eren Keskin and Reyhan Capan to 7.5 years in prison for contempt of the state by the articles published in Ozgur Gundem newspaper.
• Beştaş: The CPT is as much responsible as the torturers in Imralı 

  HDP’s Meral Danış Beştaş stressed that the CPT issuing a statement on the aggravated isolation in Imrali after 2 years means that the institution accepts the continuation of the torture. Beştaş demanded the way to Imrali be opened at once.
• KCK slams CPT over its report on Imrali 

  "Publishing a report about a visit two years ago doesn’t comply with the seriousness of CPT especially when considering that Turkey is administrated under emergency rule and heaviest oppressive conditions," KCK said.
• Prisoners on hunger strike for 10 days in Mersin 

  Political prisoners in T-Prison of Tarsus have been on hunger strike for ten days to protest against the prison conditions.
• HDP’s Önder: The CPT report is not up to date, visit Imrali 

  Imrali Delegation Spokesperson Sırrı Süreyya Önder pointed out the CPT report and said: “What matters in Imrali is not so much the physical conditions but the isolation. Mr. Öcalan must be met with urgently.”