HUMAN RIGHTS

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• İlboğa wounded in Ağrı provocation refused treatment 

  MEYADER representative Cenap İlboğa, who was seriously wounded during the state’s provocation on Tendürek mountain, is being held in prison and not given proper treatment for his wounds.
• Supreme Court of Sweden: There is risk of torture in Turkey 

  The Supreme Court of Sweden has rejected AKP government's request for the extradition of Kurdish political asylum seeker Mehmet Turgay in consideration of a risk of repression and torture in Turkey.
• Over 400 hanged in Iran in 2015 

  Severe violations of rights continue in the Islamic Republic of Iran where at least 406 people have been executed since the beginning of 2015.
• Peace envoy Doğan released 

  Aysel Doğan, who had come to Turkey from Europe as a member of the Peace Group on the call of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, but was arrested in the scope of KCK operations, has been released.
• Jailed peace envoy Doğan receiving chemotherapy 

  Aysel Doğan, who had come to Turkey from Europe as a member of the Peace Group on the call of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, but was arrested in the scope of KCK operations, remains in a critical situation.
• 2200 children jailed in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Juvenile Prisons Must Be Banned Initiative called attention to the ongoing right violations and ill-treatment of child prisoners, stating that there are currently a total of 2200 children jailed in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Book on female guerrillas banned in Amed prison 

  A book on the liberation process of women freedom fighters through portraits of 11 female guerrillas, “The womanly state of the mountain,” has been banned in Amed D Type Prison.
• Turkish police stage crackdown across Istanbul 

  Istanbul police staged crackdown on thousands of people who poured out into the streets today to celebrate the International Worker's Day.
• Iran executes at least 115 prisoners in 2 weeks 

  Opposition sources in Iran claim that the regime has executed at least 115 people in the last two weeks.
• Pregnant girls in Şakran Prison denied treatment 

  Following the news that emerged in the media about the isolation of pregnant girls under the age of 18 in cells in Şakran Prison, more details have come out regarding measures that may endanger their lives.
• Roboski families demand justice for 41 months 

  Families of Roboski victims demanded justice and the trial of those responsible for the mass killing of their children in a bombardment of Turkish warplanes in the 41th month of the massacre.
• Kürkçü urges an independent observation in Şakran Prison 

  Following news claiming that three girls under 18 are being held in solitary confinement in İzmir's Şakran prison as a punishment for being pregnant, HDP İzmir MP candidate Ertuğrul Kürkçü has met B.K. who is one of child prisoners in question.
• 5 youths from Rojava tortured by Turkish soldiers 

  Turkish soldiers deployed at the border to Rojava, West Kurdistan, continue committing cruelty against the civilians crossing the border, where 4 people have been killed during the past 4 weeks.
• 3 pregnant girls being held in solitary in Turkish prison 

  Three girls under 18 are being held in solitary confinement in Şakran prison as a punishment for being pregnant and have been denied medical treatment in spite of suffering labour pains.
• 'Genocide' letter to Erdoğan and Davutoğlu 

  Syriac and Kurdish associations in Europe and North America have sent a letter to Turkish President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu, calling on them to end their denial of the 1915 Genocide and restore all rights to the Christian peoples.
• HDP candidates visit Syriacs on hunger strike 

  The 4-day hunger strike organised by the “Seyfo Committee” to draw attention to the 100th anniversary of the Seyfo genocide is continuing in the Midyat district of Mardin. The strikers have today been visited by the HDP Mardin MP candidates.
• Hunger strike of Syriacs continues 

  The 4-day hunger strike held by Syriacs living in the Midyat district of Mardin for the recognition of the Seyfo genocide is continuing in its 3rd day.
• Syriacs on hunger strike for recognition of Sayfo genocide 

  Syriacs from Tur Abdin have gone on hunger strike in Midyat district of Mardin demanding the recognition of the 1915 Sayfo genocide in its hundredth year.
• Centenary of 1915 Syriac (Sayfo) genocide 

  The date 1915 brings to mind the Armenian genocide. However, it was not only Armenians who were slaughtered in 1915, but also Greek and Assyrian (Syriac, Chaldean and Aramaic) Christians.
• IHD releases report on right violations in Kurdish region 

  According to the IHD report on violations of rights, 3,711 violations of rights were registered in North Kurdistan region in the first three months of 2015.
• MP Sarıyıldız: Is a Kurdish refugee’s life only worth 4 lira? 

  A Turkish court has decided to drop charges against a Turkish soldier who shot dead 28-year-old Saada Darwich from Rojava on the Turkish border.
• 25 executed in Iran in 14 days 

  Iran continues to commit crimes inside the country while the international powers pursue negotiations with the regime on its nuclear program. Iran has executed 25 activists since the beginning of April.
• Massacre balance sheet of ISIS-Al Nusra in Syria: 4,563 

  The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has issued a report on the toll of Syrian victims killed by extremist groups in Syria.
• 647 sick prisoners in Turkey awaiting treatment 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) in Turkey has submitted a report to the Ministry of Justice regarding the situation of sick prisoners in Turkey.
• Probe into Öcalan posters at Newroz in Birecik 

  A probe has been launched against six people on the grounds of carrying posters of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan at Newroz celebrations in Birecik district of Urfa at this year's Newroz celebration on 18 March.