HUMAN RIGHTS

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• 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.
• Disciplinary punishment imposed on prisoners on hunger strike in Urfa 

  Political prisoners in Turkey are staging a hunger strike to demand the lifting of Abdullah Öcalan's isolation and a solution to the Kurdish question. Disciplinary punishments were imposed on in prisons joining the action in Urfa.
• Prisoners released after 30 years 

  Seyit Oktay was released after 30 years in prison.
• Reşahat Ada: We will fight together with our children in prison 

  Reşahat Ada, the older sister of Hamdusena Ada, one of the prisoners on hunger strike, said: "Our children in prison and we outside in the four parts of Kurdistan will continue to resist until isolation is broken."
• Repression against prisoners on hunger strike 

  The hunger-striking prisoners in Turkey's Ereğli prison are threatened by guards, saying: "We will apply the Imrali system to you, we will prevent your release, you will stay here until you die."
• No release for 75-year-old ill political prisoner Elbi  

  The health situation of 75-year-old political prisoner Ferzende Elbi is getting worse every day. The peace activist is now in a wheelchair and can no longer look after himself. Nevertheless, he is refused release.
• ‘As long as the isolation of Öcalan continues, no constitution will be democratic’ 

  Political women prisoners in Gebze Prison announced that they have joined the hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• AI: Iranian security forces used rape and sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising 

  Amnesty International published a report documenting how security forces in Iran weaponized sexual violence to crush the “Woman Life Freedom” (Jin, Jiyan, Azadi) uprising.
• Berlin Cemal Nebez Award given to Kurdish teacher Zara Muhammedi 

  The Berlin Cemal Nebez Award was given to Kurdish teacher Zara Muhammedi, who was arrested by Iran and later released. Muhammedi's sister, Kani Muhammed, received the award.
• Day 9 of hunger strike in 106 prisons in Turkey 

  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 9th day.
• Hamburg MP Özdemir condemns Tehran's treatment of Zeynab Jalalian  

  Hamburg MP Cansu Özdemir condemned Tehran's treatment of Zeynab Jalalian and called for her immediate release. The Kurdish political prisoner was mistreated again in order to force her to confess on camera.