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• Hunger strikers in Antalya High Security Prison sentenced to 10 days solitary confinement 

  All prisoners who continued their hunger strike in Antalya High Security Prison were sentenced to 10 days in solitary confinement.
• Iranian authorities stop Jina Amini's lawyer, seize EU Parliament Sakharov Prize 

  The state murder of Jina Mahsa Amini had triggered the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” revolution in Rojhilat and Iran. The EU Parliament honored Amini posthumously with the Sakharov Prize. Now the award has been confiscated by the regime.
• Another kolbar seriously injured by Iranian forces 

  A kolbar was seriously injured as a result of the fire opened by Iranian forces.
• Amnesty International protests risks of imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Djalali 

  Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been arbitrarily detained in Iran since April 2016, is at grave risk of imminent retaliatory execution.
• Hunger striker Şahin: This will be our day 

  Figen Şahin, who is on hunger strike in Şakran Prison, said: "We will respond to this process. This will be our day."
• Political prisoners in Turkey on day 25 of hunger strike 

  As part of the global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, the alternating hunger strike launched by PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons continues on its 25th day.
• Campaign to send cards and letters to Imralı Prison begins 

  The relatives of the prisoners started a campaign to send cards and letters to Imralı Prison to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Release of political prisoner postponed again 

  Political prisoner Ismail Hakki Tursun, who has been behind bars in Turkey for 31 years, is denied release due to a "lack of remorse".
• IHD Honorary President Birdal: "Let's be the voice of those on hunger strike" 

  IHD Honorary President Akın Birdal said: "Let's be the voice of those on hunger strike so that we can contribute to the solution to the Kurdish problem."
• Hunger Strikes Monitoring Coordination calls for immediate action 

  The Hunger Strikes Monitoring and Follow-up Coordination, which announced its report on the hunger strikes initiated by prisoners, said: "Action must be taken before deaths occur".
• MP Uysal: Ill prisoners are facing death 

  DEM MP Newroz Uysal Aslan spoke about a sinister policy carried out on ill prisoners who are both denied access to health care and release.
• Protests for ill prisoners in Ankara and Istanbul 

  Protests for ill prisoners continued in Ankara and Istanbul.
• International Women’s Delegation calls for an end to the isolation of Öcalan and all violations 

  Following a week-long visit to Turkey, an international women's delegation described their observations at a press conference and called for immediate measures to improve the human rights situation.
• Condition of seriously ill political prisoner continues to deteriorate 

  As the condition of seriously ill political prisoner Seyfettin Demhat continues to deteriorate, his sister calls on people to stand up for the sick prisoners.
• Gendarmerie once again attacks Özak Tekstil workers, arrests 19 

  The gendarmerie attacked Özak Tekstil workers again. The workers have been resisting against pressure, mobbing and dismissals for 18 days. 18 workers and a union representative were taken into custody.
• Hunger striker's mother: We won't end our Vigil for Justice until isolation is lifted 

  Afife Kartal, mother of Muhammed Kartal, one of the prisoners on hunger strike, participates in the Vigil for Justice. "How can I sleep comfortably at home, while our kids are on hunger strike in jail?"
• Kolbar injured in the region of Kermanshah 

  Another kolbar was injured by a landmine explosion on the border of Nowsud.
• Prisoner Temel exposes violation of rights in Şırnak T Type Closed jail 

  Prisoner Uğur Temel in Şırnak T Type Closed Prison said that the guards who raided his ward confiscated blankets and books and placed a camera in it.
• Aba: They are stripping us of our right to speak  

  Murat Aba from the human rights organization TIHV reported an increase in torture and attacks by the regime in Turkey. Society would be deprived of fundamental rights such as the right to vote and stand for election, he said.
• Peace Mothers in Van call on government to accept demands of prisoners on hunger strike 

  The Justice Vigil promoted by Van TUHAY-DER continues on its 7th day. Mothers called on the government to accept the demands of prisoners.
• Prisoner on hunger strike: Everyone needs to do their part 

  Metin Uyar, one of the prisoners on hunger strike, said: "Everyone needs to do their part. We believe that we will succeed."
• MEPs call on Iran to let Jina Mahsa Amini’s family receive the 2023 Sakharov Prize in Strasbourg 

  MEPs call on Iranian authorities to allow Jina Mahsa Amini’s mother, father and brother to travel to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday to receive the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
• Human rights organisations call for a solution to the Kurdish question 

  Human rights organisations called on the government in Ankara to abandon its policy of violence and resolve the Kurdish question.
• Saturday Mothers vow to continue their struggle for justice 

  Ibrahim Demir and Agit Akipa were arrested in İdil in December 1991 because they demanded an end to the military siege in their village. A day later, their bodies were found covered in signs of torture. The perpetrators were never brought to justice.
• Mahsa Amini’s family barred from leaving Iran to accept the Sakharov Prize 

  The 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” Movement in Iran. The family of the slain Kurdish woman is not allowed to leave the country to receive the prize.