HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Inmates on hunger strike in Edirne Prison face provocation 

  Inmates on hunger strike in Edirne F Type Closed Prison since January 17 are facing provocations from the prison administration with raids, insults and swearwords.
• ECHR President: Isolation of Öcalan is a violation of his right 

  The ECHR President Guido Raimondi stated that the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan violates the European Convention on Human Rights.
• Inmates in İzmir Şakran Prison protest increasing right violations 

  Inmates in İzmir's Şakran T4 Closed Prison have started a protest against the increasing rights violations and pressures in jail.
• IHD: 47 ill prisoners died in Turkish jails in 2016 

  IHD Istanbul Branch Prisons Commission stated that 47 ill prisoners lost their lives in Turkish jails during 2016.
• ECtHR announces verdict in Ceylan Önkol case 

  The ECtHR ruled in favor of the Turkish state in the case of Ceylan Önkol who was killed with a mortar shell fired from an outpost in Amed countryside in 2009.
• Hogtie torture in Van Type T Prison 

  The prisoners transferred to Van Type T Closed Prison were first battered when they didn’t accept being strip searched, then were subjected to “hogtie” torture, a favorite of Hezbollah.
• ECHR demands written statement from Turkey on Cizre and Sur cases 

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) demanded the Turkish government submit a written statement on the practices in curfews implemented throughout Turkey since August 2015.
• Öcalan's lawyer: CPT isn’t fulfilling its duty to prevent the İmralı isolation 

  Öcalan’s Lawyer Newroz Uysal said the 18-year long isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan is based on unlawfulness and that the CPT isn’t fully fulfilling their duties in preventing this torture.
• AKP’s police and soldiers execute more than 400 people in 2016 

  AKP’s police and soldiers have captured more than 400 Kurds alive and executed them during the genocidal attacks of 2016, according to a recent İHD report.
• Nazi camp conditions in Amed Open Prison 

  Administrators and guardians in Amed Open Prison are reported to base their authority on threats, employ prisoners in off-the-record jobs, and send those that refuse to work to Amed Closed Prison.
• Three prisoners in Silivri on hunger strike against right violations 

  Three prisoners held in Silivri Prison have gone on hunger strike on November 28 in protest at the violations of their rights.
• 6 university students detained in Kahta 

  6 university students were detained during house raids in Adıyaman’s Kahta district.
• DTK: We call upon everyone to resist together 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK) issued a statement on the recent closures of non-governmental organizations and called upon to protest and resist the closures.
• 100 people, 32 of whom are children, detained in Adana 

  In a press statement, İHD Adana Branch demanded the immediate release of the 100 people, 32 of whom are children, recently detained in Adana.
• Demirtaş held in solitary cell with his book and clothes confiscated 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş had been unlawfully arrested and rushed to the Edirne Type F Closed Prison where his books and clothes were confiscated.
• HRW: Emergency decrees facilitate torture 

  Turkish police have tortured and otherwise ill-treated individuals in their custody after emergency decrees removed crucial safeguards in the wake of a failed coup attempt in July, 2016, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
• Turkish army fires 60 Grad missiles into Shehba region 

  The occupant Turkish army fires 60 Grad missiles into the villages of Shehba region in Rojava.
• What happened in Northern Kurdistan in 9 months? 

  İHD has prepared a report on the rights violations in Northern Kurdistan in the first 9 months of the year. According to the report, there have been a total of 40.573 violations.
• European Parliament members to visit Kurdistan 

  European Parliament members and human rights defenders will come to Kurdistan and examine the situation there.
• AKP government to put the State of Emergency practices into law 

  Turkey's AKP is determined to continue the State of Emergency for one year, and they will put the State of Emergency practices into law with the new criminal law package prepared by the Ministry of Justice.
• Motion in Swedish Parliament for Erdoğan's trial in the ICC 

  Coalition partner Environmental Party Greens MP Jabar Amin submitted a motion demanding Sweden take initiatives in the United Nations to have Erdoğan tried in the International Criminal Court.
• Jailed for 22 years, İlhan Çomak sentenced to life imprisonment 

  İlhan Çomak who has been jailed for 22 years was sentenced to life sentence.
• Swedish Migration Court decides to return Kurdish journalist to Iran 

  Swedish Migration Court has decided that Kurdish journalist Kamran Mirzaian will be deported to Iran. Mirzaian fears for his life if he is forced to return, saying: “I will be executed or tortured to death.”
• Sarıyıldız speaks at the UN on Cizre massacre 

  HDP Şırnak parliamentarian Faysal Sarıyıldız spoke at the 33rd Human Rights Session of the UN Human Rights High Commission on Cizre massacre and called upon the UN and the world to do their duties.
• France and Switzerland call upon Turkey to respect freedoms 

  French and Swiss officials that spoke during the recent UN Human Rights Session criticized Turkey and called upon the country to respect basic human rights the freedom of the press under all circumstances.