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• Another appeal to meet with Öcalan rejected 

  Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has rejected another appeal by the families of İmralı prisoners to meet with their relatives, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and three other inmates.
• Lawyers’ appeal to visit Öcalan rejected for the 710th time 

  The appeal of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers to meet with their client has been rejected for the 710th time by Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
• Canine search in Turkish prison where a hunger strike continues 

  It came out that canine searches are conducted in Kürkçüler F Type Prison where political prisoners are on hunger strike.
• Kurdish political prisoner tortured heavily in Rojhilat 

  Kurdish political prisoner Efşin Hisên Penahi, who had been detained and arrested in Rojhilat, has been subjected to torture by Iranian forces. Efşin’s health had suffered after the intense torture, but reportedly hasn’t been taken to a hospital.
• Öcalan’s family has their appeal for a visit to İmralı rejected 

  Turkish officials have rejected the appeal of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s family for a visit to İmralı Island Prison where he is held in aggravated isolation.
• ECHR accepts appeal by Amedspor 

  The European Court of Human Rights has accepted an appeal by Amedspor and requested defense from Turkey.
• Political prisoners tortured in Patnos: Broken ribs 

  Political prisoners exiled from Samsun to Patnos have been tortured to the point where their ribs were broken.
• Dozens of prisoners forcibly transferred to other prisons 

  Dozens of prisoners in Balıkesir and Muş provinces have been sent to prisons in Kayseri and İzmir.
• PKK prisoner sets himself on fire against isolation and pressures 

  PKK prisoner Yahya Özmen in Edirne F Type Prison set himself on fire in protest at the isolation on Öcalan and prison conditions. Özmen was not taken to hospital and is held in prison infirmary.
• No information on the health of prisoners on hunger strike 

  The hunger strike launched by female prisoners in the Elazığ Type T Prison has entered its 28th day. No information can be obtained from the prison about the health of prisoners.
• Kurdish committee meets with the CPT 

  The sit-in launched in Strasbourg in front of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) with the demand that the CPT visit Imrali has completed its 32nd day.
• 250 lawyers’ appeal to visit Öcalan rejected 

  The appeal submitted by 250 lawyers to Bursa Public Prosecutor’s office to meet with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, has been rejected.
• 250 lawyers appeal to meet with Öcalan 

  250 lawyers have appealed to Bursa Public Prosecutor’s office to meet with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 250 lawyers take action for Öcalan 

  250 lawyers have taken action to meet with Öcalan. The lawyers held a press conference before they submitted the appeal.
• Öcalan’s lawyers submit report on isolation to the CPT 

  Öcalan’s lawyers have prepared a report on the isolation and submitted it to the CPT. The report stresses that there has been absolutely no information coming out of the Imrali island for 417 days.
• 16 prisoners in solitary confinement on hunger strike for 13 days 

  16 prisoners held in solitary confinement in Denizli T Type Closed Prison for 156 days are on hunger strike for 13 days and they are denied salt and sugar.
• UN experts urge Turkey to drop charges against rights defenders 

  A group of United Nations experts has condemned the use of terrorism charges against human rights defenders and people legitimately expressing dissent in Turkey.
• Where have the 20 PKK prisoners been taken? 

  20 PKK prisoners in the Edirne Type F Closed Prison were exiled in a late night raid.
• Prisoners in Patnos denied access to free press 

  Prisoners in L Type Closed Prison in Ağrı’s Patnos district are not allowed to receive daily newspapers Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and Welat.
• Five-day hunger strike in Kürkçüler F Type Prison 

  Prisoners in Adana’s F Type Kürkçüler Prison have started a five-day hunger strike.
• Peace Mothers in Van start hunger strike for Öcalan 

  Members of Van Peace Mothers Assembly went on hunger strike demanding to know about Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s health condition and security.
• Over 15 thousand rights violations in Kurdish cities in 9 months 

  İHD Amed Branch announced that there have been 15.647 rights violations in Northern Kurdistan in the first 9 months of the year.
• Prisoner in solitary confinement on indefinite hunger strike 

  Hakan Tunç, on remand in Van Type T Closed Prison, has launched an indefinite hunger strike ten days ago against the isolation imposed upon Öcalan.
• 700th appeal to visit Öcalan rejected 

  For the 700th time, the Public Prosecutor of Bursa rejected the appeal of Öcalan’s lawyers to meet their client.
• Turkish armoured military vehicles killed 29 civilians since 2016 

  Armoured military vehicles killed 29 civilians, mostly in “traffic accidents” since 2016, Human Rights Association (IHD) said.