HUMAN RIGHTS

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• HDP reacts to the release of police officers who tortured a minor in Lice 

  Three police officers arrested for torturing a 14-year-old boy in Amed's Lice district have been released on the grounds that there was no suspicion of physical torture.
• Peace in Kurdistan: Solidarity to all political prisoners and all those fighting for their release 

  The Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement in solidarity with all political prisoners and in support of those fighting for their release.
• Police officers arrested for torture against 14-year-old boy in Lice released 

  Three police officers arrested in the investigation for torture against a 14-year-old boy in Amed's Licê district have been released.
• Ehmed: The doors of the Autonomous Administration region are always open to refugees 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria announced that around 1.1 million internally displaced persons live within its borders. The borders of the region remain open to those seeking protection.
• Court rejects request to release 84-year-old seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan 

  The request to suspend the execution and release of 84-year-old seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan was once again rejected.
• Prisoners set fire to a ward to protest isolation and violations of rights 

  Political prisoners in Kırıklar No. 1 F Type Closed Prison protested the isolation and violations of their rights by setting a ward in B block on fire twice.
• Kurdish protester sentenced to 15 years in prison in Tehran 

  Parvari was charged with “enmity against God” (moharebeh), among other charges, for taking part in anti-government protests.
• IHD Chair Keskin: The Minister of Interior does not respond to our request 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Chair Eren Keskin said that they requested an appointment from the newly appointed Minister of Interior but could not receive an answer for 10 days.
• Hun: Isolation of ill prisoners is a crime against humanity 

  Green Left Party MP Yılmaz Hun said that the aggravated isolation implemented against ill prisoners is a crime against humanity.
• New investigation against Emine Şenyaşar 

  An investigation was launched against Emine Şenyaşar, who made a statement in front of the Urfa Courthouse on the 800th day of the Justice Vigil, and 4 people who supported the action.
• Van turned into a grave for many refugees  

  20 June is World Refugee Day. Thousands of refugees from many countries, especially the Middle East and Central Asian countries, cross into Van and other border cities. During this journey, hundreds of refugees die.
• Australia sets ground for indigenous rights referendum 

  For more than a century, the Aboriginal people have not been considered as full citizens. Although their rights are now protected by law, deep inequalities among them persist.
• Van TUHAY-DER: Policies of repression in prisons worsening 

  Van TUHAY-DER co-chair Cetin Uyar said that the pressure policies in prisons increased after the elections and called on the government to end isolation.
• March and rally in Geneva for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom 

  Speaking at the march for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom in Geneva, CDK Geneva co-chair Mehmet Latif Çelebi demanded that the UN, CPT, EC and human rights institutions fulfil their responsibilities to end the Imrali torture mechanism.
• Ten students protesting compulsory use of the veil at university in Tehran arrested 

  Ten students who protested the compulsory use of the veil in a sit-in held since 14 June at the Faculty of Art of the University of Tehran were arrested on Saturday.
• New method of torture in Turkish prisons: Denial of release 

  In Turkey, administrative committees decide whether prisoners are released or not after completing their regular sentence. The criteria are bizarre and range from lack of remorse to refusal to talk to an imam.
• Sixth day of hunger strike for 6 detainees Kırıkkale High Security Prison 

  The indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike launched by 6 detainees against rights violations in Kırıkkale F Type High Security Closed Prison continues on its 6th day.
• District Governorship of Datça issues ban of all events scheduled for annual Pride Week 

  The District Governorship of Datça has issued a ban on all events scheduled for the annual Pride Week celebrations.
• HDP: Security service vehicles kill Kurdish children 

  In the last 15 years, a total of 44 people, 21 of them being children, have been killed as a result of so-called accidents involving vehicles used by soldiers and the police.
• Kadıköy District Governor's Office in Istanbul bans LGBTI+ "Tea&Talk" events 

  The Kadıköy District Governor's Office in Istanbul has issued a ban on a tea gathering organized by Lambdaistanbul LGBTI+ Solidarity Association.
• Lawyer exposes violations of rights in Iğdır S Type Prison 

  Lawyer Rıdvan Şahin said that many violations of rights take place in Iğdır S Type Prison, and added that prisoners told him that “the guards torture them after turning off the cameras.”
• Lawyer Yürekli: The experiment of Imrali prison 

  Lawyer Cengiz Yürekli from the Asrın Law Office provided information about isolation and the situation in prisons over the Imrali experience.
• Diyarbakır Bar President: The Kurdish question cannot be resolved by security policies 

  Diyarbakır Bar Association President Nahit Eren said that the Kurdish question could not be resolved by security policies and judicial practice.
• HDP Youth Assembly protests killing of children by police and soldiers with ‘poster action’  

  HDP Youth Assembly protested the killing of children by police and soldiers with a ‘poster action’ in the neighbourhood of Okmeydanı.
• New EU migration deal will increase suffering at borders, says Human Rights Watch 

  A June 8 agreement among European Union countries on asylum procedures and migration management is a recipe for more abuse at EU borders, said Human Rights Watch.