HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Prison administration forces Aysel Tuğluk to write petition 

  HDP former co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said at the hearing of the Kobanê trial that prison execution officers forced Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from dementia, to write a petition.
• Prisoner dies under suspicious circumstances in Urfa 

  A few days after the death of a political prisoner in Amed prison, prisoner Mehmet Yılmaz has now died in Urfa under suspicious circumstances.
• Leyla Güven’s letter to 84-year-old prisoner confiscated 

  A letter from Kurdish politician Leyla Güven to Mehmet Emin Özkan has been confiscated. The 84-year-old has been innocently in prison since 1996.
• Hunger strike of political prisoners in Adana continues 

  Political prisoners in Adana’s Kürkçüler Prison have been on hunger strike since mid-July. They are demanding an end to Abdullah Öcalan's isolation and inhumane prison conditions.
• Makbule and Hadi Özer must be released, says IHD 

  Human rights defenders pointed out that ill prisoners Makbule and Hadi Özer were having difficulty breathing in jail and demanded that the couple be released.
• 25-year-old political prisoner "found dead" in Diyarbakır Prison 

  In solitary confinement for a year, political prisoner Kadri Ekici lost his life under suspicious circumstances.
• Prisoner in Patnos L Type Closed on hunger strike for 12 days against violations 

  Mahmut Turhallı, a prisoner in Patnos L Type Closed jail, has been on a hunger strike for 12 days against the arbitrary mistreatment carried out by the prison administration.
• Prison guards threaten to kill the inmate they tortured in Erzurum 

  Emrah Yakut jailed in Erzurum Dumlu Prison No. 1 said that he was subjected to violence and forced to have an injection.
• Daughter of 80-year-old couple in prison says her parents' conditions are worsening 

  Naime Özer, the daughter of 80-year-old Makbule Özer and 79-year-old Hadi Özer, who were arrested in Van on 9 May, said that both of them are getting worse and call for their release.
• Prisoners in Beşikdüzü T Type Prison in Trabzon are on a 5-day hunger strike against torture 

  Prisoners in Beşikdüzü T Type Prison in Trabzon went on a 5-day alternating hunger strike against the torture practices.
• Forensic medicine continues to persecute Aysel Tuğluk suffering from dementia in prison 

  The Forensic Medicine Institution has once again issued a report saying that Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who is suffering from chronic and progressive Alzheimer's dementia in prison, is fit for detention.
• TUHAY-DER co-chair says release of prisoners who don't accept to repent is delayed 

  TUHAY-DER co-chair Edibe Babur said that the release from Van jails of prisoners who did not accept to repent was delayed.
• Justice Vigil in Amed on its 239th day 

  The Justice Vigil launched by the relatives of prisoners continued in front of Diyarbakır D Type Closed Prison on its 239th day.
• Kavala: ECtHR decision will 'give strength' to the judiciary in Turkey 

  The imprisoned businessperson commented on the ECtHR Grand Chamber decision that Turkey violated a binding ruling by not releasing him.
• Iran Human Rights Association calls on international community as authorities detain dozens 

  Several families seeking justice for the death of their loved ones in the November 2019 nationwide protests were arrested. Prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has also been arrested.
• Authorities of Akhisar T Type Prison impose search for prisoners to be sent to hospital 

  The authorities of Akhisar T Type Prison impose a thorough search for prisoners to be sent to the hospital. Those who do not accept the search are not taken to the hospital.
• ECHR: Turkey failed to comply with ruling to release Kavala 

  The Court found that Kavala’s pre-trial detention took place in the absence of evidence and pursued an ulterior purpose, namely, to silence him and dissuade other human rights defenders.
• Prisoners in Adana Kürkçüler F Type Prison go on an alternating hunger strike against isolation 

  Prisoners in Adana Kürkçüler F Type Closed Prison have announced that they will go on an alternating hunger strike against isolation and torture.
• Narges Mohammadi's letter to Javid Rahman: The human rights situation in Iran is dire 

  Iran’s authorities convicted Narges of several trumped-up offences in connection with her human rights work and sentenced her to many years in prison, charging her with “spreading propaganda against the system.”
• Political prisoners in Van are forced to express remorse before their release 

  Political prisoners in Van prisons, who are supposed to spend their last year in an open prison or to be released, are forced to display remorse. Prisoners who decline the offer are not released.
• Kurdish man faces extradition to Turkey despite having being granted asylum in Switzerland  

  A Kurdish young man called Yaser Örnek, who was detained in Germany despite having the right to reside in Switzerland, was arrested at Turkey's request.
• Şenyaşar family celebrates Feast of Sacrifice in front of Urfa Courthouse 

  Ferit Şenyaşar, who continues the vigil for justice with his mother Emine Şenyaşar, stated that they will not celebrate the Eid al-Adha and said: "We will continue to mourn in front of the court in Urfa."
• Ill prisoner in Manisa jail not given medicines 

  Aydın Kurga, is an ill prisoner in T Type Closed Prison in Manisa Akhisar. He said that the prison administration did not give him his medicines on the grounds that there was a "crisis".
• At least 842 workers killed in their workplace in the first six month of 2022 

  At least 842 workers were killed in their workplace in the first six months of the year, the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) said.
• Mothers of political prisoners detained in Istanbul 

  Istanbul police have again detained mothers of prisoners at a vigil. "Whoever raises their voice in Turkey goes to prison and there is no guarantee to come out alive," said HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm.