HUMAN RIGHTS

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• ÖHD: Administrative and Observation Board in prisons operates like martial law 

  ÖHD Prisons Commission member Yusuf Çakas said that the Administrative and Observation Board (IGK) operates like martial law, Independence and State Security Courts (DGM).
• Emine Şenyaşar temporarily suspends Vigil for Justice due to health problems 

  Emine Şenyaşar, who has been fighting for justice for the members of her family murdered in 2018, has suspended her Vigil for Justice in Parliament due to increasing health problems.
• ill prisoner Eker released after 31 years in jail 

  Upon his release from Şakran Prison after 31 years, ill prisoner Cengiz Eker said: "I stand by the promise we made and the struggle I have carried out since my arrest."
• Emine Şenyaşar: "If I am going to die, I will die here" 

  Emine Şenyaşar continued the Vigil for Justice in Ankara and said: "I will not leave the parliament until justice is served, and my son is released. If I am going to die, I will die here."
• Prisoner Tan: If anything happens to me, the prison administration is to be held responsible 

  In a phone call with his family, prisoner Sadık Tan said that he fears for his life and added: "If anything happens to me, the prison will be responsible."
• Prisoner in Kırşehir says his life is in danger 

  Necdet Öztürk, a prisoner in Kırşehir High Security Prison, said that he no longer has security of life and said that if something happens to him, the prison administration will be responsible.
• Emine Şenyaşar released from hospital 

  Emine Şenyaşar, who has been demanding justice for years for the murder of her sons by bodyguards of an AKP politician and an AKP lynch mob, collapsed and had to be hospitalized.
• Kurdish refugee detained in France to be deported to Turkey 

  The Democratic Kurdish Council of France strongly condemned the planned deportation of Kurdish refugee Idris Kaplan in violation of his rights.
• Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit: The whole world is talking about the isolation on Imrali 

  DEM Party Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit has called on the Council of Europe to ensure that the ECHR ruling on Öcalan is implemented. "The whole world is talking about the isolation on Imrali," said the politician.
• Prisoners in Bodrum protest increase in violations of rights 

  40 prisoners in Bodrum S Type Closed Prison said that they are facing various rights violations and called for public awareness.
• Sick prisoner kept in solitary confinement in Antalya tortured 

  Zerdeşt Oduncu, a sick prisoner held in Antalya, was not taken to hospital despite his wounds and was tortured.
• Legal and human rights organisations call on the Council of Europe to act for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Rights and legal organisations call on the Council of Europe, which has put the ECtHR judgement on ‘violation of the right to hope’ against Abdullah Öcalan on its agenda, to urge Turkey to make the necessary legislative changes and amend its legislation.
• Kurdish politician Okyay dies in prison just hours before his release 

  Kurdish politician Abdülmelik Okyay lost his life at the age of 71 due to a heart attack on the day he was to be released.
• ‘No chance of justice: politically persecuted persons in the crosshairs of Turkish justice’ 

  A new report by PRO ASYL, Germany's largest pro-immigration advocacy organization, points out that victims of persecution in the Turkish criminal justice system need protection.
• Four activists from Rojhilat risk deportation from Turkey to Iran  

  Four Rojhilat activists held in Edirne Repatriation Center risk being deported to Iran. The families of the four activists and journalists have called for public awareness.
• ISIG: At least 66 children killed while working 

  According to the report, at least 66 children who should have been in school tragical
• Prisoners in Urfa subject to disciplinary penalty for dancing to Kurdish songs 

  Ten prisoners in Urfa have been sanctioned with a one-month communication ban after they danced to Kurdish songs.
• Human rights groups from Iran and East Kurdistan condemn death sentence against Pakhshan Azizi 

  26 human rights organizations have called on the Iranian regime's judiciary to overturn the death sentence against Pakhshan Azizi.
• Organisations and activists call for mass graves in Iraq to be duly opened 

  A few days ago, a mass grave was opened irregularly in the city of Musena in Iraq, met with reaction by different segments of society. Institutions, organisations, writers and activists demand that mass graves be duly opened.
• DEM Party: Kurdish children's most basic right to education in mother tongue is usurped 

  “Kurdish children are deprived of education in their mother tongue, the most basic right,” DEM Party said in a statement on the start of the new school year in Turkey.
• People in Silopi welcome prisoner after his release 

  Mehmet Kanıt, who was released from prison after 30 years, was welcomed by people in his hometown of Silopi.
• YRJ sends signatures protesting death sentences against Mohammadi and Azizi to 14 organizations 

  The Women’s Press Union (YRJ) sent the signatures it collected in its campaign against the death sentences given to women activists Sharifeh Mohammadi and Pakhshan Azizi in Iran to 14 organizations.
• ISIG: 179 workers killed in work-related accidents in August 

  ISIG released its August report on work-related deaths and said that 179 workers were killed.
• Prisoners sentenced to solitary confinement for dancing to Kurdish songs 

  15 prisoners in Batman were sentenced to 15 days in solitary confinement for dancing by whistling and clapping.
• Group from Pforzheim takes over Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The vigil for Öcalan that has been going on for 12 years in Strasbourg demanding freedom for the Kurdish People's Leader was taken over by a group from Pforzheim on its 637th week.