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• ISIG: At least 463 workers lost their lives in first three months of 2023 

  The Occupational Health and Safety Council (ISIG) said that at least 463 workers lost their lives in the first three months of the year.
• Yoleri: There is no longer democracy in Turkey 

  Human rights defender Yoleri said that the AKP government has not hesitated to violate human rights from the very beginning, adding that the international system also played a role in the democratic backslide.
• CHRI calls for freedom for jailed rapper facing possible execution in Iran 

  Since October, the rapper Toomaj Salehi has been in a prison in Iran. He was tortured and beaten until he almost went blind, several bones are broken, and he faces the death penalty. However, he is being denied necessary medical help.
• Saturday Mothers detained in Istanbul - UPDATE 

  Despite the Constitutional Court ruling that the police intervention against the Saturday Mothers' 700th week protest in August 2018 violated the rights of the protestors, the mothers were once again attacked and detained by the police today.
• Families apply to visit their relatives on Imrali 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• Lawyers apply once again to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers of the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal against a ruling on 13 HDP members of parliament 

  The ECtHR ruling on the unlawful arrest of former HDP leader Figen Yüksekdağ and twelve other MPs of the party at the time is final. The Court rejected Turkey's appeal and refused to hear an appeal.
• Lawyers file another application to meet Öcalan 

  Lawyers of the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 16 people in executed in the month of March in Rojhilat 

  The Kurdistan Human Rights Organization said that the Iranian regime has executed 16 people in the past month, while 4 others were sentenced to death.
• Iranian state forces killed 536 kolbars in 10 years 

  Iranian state forces have killed 536 kolbars on the borders between Bashur and Rojhilat Kurdistan in the last 10 years.
• 13 detainees have lost their lives in prisons since the beginning of 2023 

  The IHD Prisons Commission said that 13 detainees have lost their lives in prisons since the beginning of 2023. Six of them died under suspicious circumstances.
• ÖHD and IHD prepare report on Ferhat Atılgan's death 

  ÖHD and IHD Hakkari branches prepared a report on Ferhat Atılgan, who allegedly committed suicide in the courthouse.
• Guards beat women prisoners in Kayseri Bünyan Women's Closed jail 

  The guards raided the wards of Kayseri Bünyan Women's Closed Prison, battered female prisoners and tortured them.
• CPT report for 2022 provides no information about Imrali 

  The CPT report covers no information regarding the situation of the prisoners in Imrali and the violations they have long been subject to.
• Lawyer Şahin: Government commits a crime in İmralı 

  Lawyer Muharrem Şahin said that the AKP-MHP government committed a crime in İmralı where Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been held since his capture as a result of an international conspiracy in 1999.
• Amnesty: Torture and injustice are systematic, impunity prevails in Iran 

  In its annual report on Iran, Amnesty International noted that torture and injustice are systematic and impunity prevails.
• Mother of seriously ill prisoner Ekim Polat says her son needs urgent treatment 

  Songül İlker, mother of seriously ill prisoner Ekim Polat, said that her son is being buried in jail while he should be taken to hospital and treated.
• Justice Vigil of Şenyaşar family on day 737 

  Today marks the 737th day of the Şenyaşar family’s vigil for justice.
• Two Turkish police officers accused of torturing 14-year-old released 

  Two Turkish police officers accused of torturing 14-year-old Y.D. in Lice were released.
• International Delegation Against Isolation presents new report 

  The International Delegation Against Isolation urges the CPT to publish a statement setting out a summary of their findings, calling on Turkey to implement without delay the previous recommendations of the CPT and the ECtHR.
• Şenyaşar family: Government will suffer huge election defeat in Urfa 

  "Erdoğan’s AKP is losing votes all over Turkey. But its biggest election defeat will be suffered in Urfa,” said the Şenyaşar family.
• Three police officers remanded in custody for abduction and torture of 14-year-old in Lice 

  Three of the 5 police officers detained in the investigation launched into the abduction and torture of 14-year-old Y.D. in Lice were remanded in custody.
• Lawyer Bilmez: Turkey has lost its credibility 

  The Solidarity with Prisoners Initiative (TDI) and Human Rights Association (İHD) Istanbul Branch held a symposium titled "Equality and the right to hope".
• Birdal: The government is taking revenge on ill prisoners 

  IHD Honorary President Akın Birdal said that despite the circular of the Ministry of Justice, politically ill detainees were not released and added that "the government is taking revenge on the political opposition."
• Peace Mother Hanse Bulut to remain in prison because she showed no "remorse" 

  Peace Mother Hanse Bulut will remain in prison for another 3 months because she did not show any "remorse".