HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Political prisoner: Our lives are in danger 

  Şaban Kaygusuz and other prisoners were attacked by guards at the Kayseri-Bünyan Prison. One prisoner's foot was broken.
• Doctors urge the Red Cross Committee to act for Tuğluk and Narin 

  Two doctors from the Zurich/Amed Brotherhood Bridge petitioned the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene for ill detainees Aysel Tuğluk and Seyit Narin.
• ‘Emine Şenyaşar has been subjected to violence for 325 days’  

  Şenyaşar family holding a vigil for justice in Urfa remarked that a woman has been subjected to violence before the eyes of the whole country for 325 days, saying, “Violence against women is violence against humanity. Stop this violence urgently.”
• Prisoners in Kayseri: We are subjected to torture! 

  Prisoner Ali Saday, held in Kayseri No.1 T-type Closed Prison, denounced torture in jail.
• Prisoners in Kırıklar: We are threatened by the prison director 

  Ozan Alpkaya, one of the hunger strikers in Kırıklar Prison, denounced that they are being threatened by Prison Director Haydar Ali Ak. Prisoners said, “There is no safety of life in jail.”
• 5 prisoners on hunger strike in Tekirdağ fear for their lives 

  5 prisoners in Tekirdağ No.2 F-type Prison, where prisoner Vedat Erkmen died suspiciously recently, have launched a hunger strike due to a lack of life safety in prison.
• Lawyers of Garibe Gezer apply to Constitutional Court 

  The objection made by lawyers to the decision of non-prosecution against the criminal complaint filed by Garibe Gezer, who was raped and murdered in prison, was rejected without examining it. The lawyers will apply to the Constitutional Court.
• We want the remains of our relatives, say families of missing HADEP members  

  21 years have passed after Silopi HADEP co-chair Serdar Tanış and party administrator Ebubekir Denizdisappeared under custody. Families of the disappeared politicians said they won't lose hope and will continue the search for justice and truth.
• Political prisoner Cahit Abukan still jailed despite having completed his sentence 

  Political prisoner Cahit Abukan, who is in Van F Type High Security Prison, has not been released even though he has completed his sentences.
• 20 bar associations demand release of Aysel Tuğluk 

  20 bar associations issued a joint statement saying that the right to life of HDP politician Aysel Tuğluk, who remains in prison despite her illness getting worse, was violated and demanded that she be released immediately.
• IHD co-chair faces two decades in prison 

  The IHD co-chairman Öztürk Türkdoğan is facing trial for statements on the Kurdish question and the genocide of the Armenian nation. Three cases have been opened against the 52-year-old, who faces more than two decades in prison.
• Prisoners call for action for elderly and sick inmates 

  Five political prisoners in the high-security Edirne prison in western Turkey point to the life-threatening condition of elderly fellow prisoners and demand their immediate release.
• Ill prisoner Turan Çabuk fighting for his life in intensive care 

  Turan Çabuk, a seriously ill prisoner who suffered a brain haemorrhage, has been fighting for his life in the intensive care unit for 12 days.
• MP Kemalbay: The health condition of prisoners on hunger strike is critical 

  Prisoners in Buca are on their 55th day of hunger strike. Serpil Kemalbay, a deputy of the HDP, stated that the detainees' health is deteriorating.
• Letter to the UN calls for urgent action for Aysel Tuğluk 

  A letter was written to the United Nations requesting that jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk and the seriously ill prisoners be released.
• Prisoner held in a solitary cell dies 

  Ramazan Turan, 70, who was imprisoned in a solitary cell, has passed away.
• Hüseyin Aydın says prisoners in Edirne fear for their safety 

  Hüseyin Aydın is in Edirne prison. He said that the guards threatened him and that their lives were in danger.
• Torture of political prisoners deported from Kayseri Bünyan Prison continues 

  Torture and ill-treatment against political prisoners deported from Kayseri Bünyan Prison to Malatya Akçadağ Prison last month continue.
• Life of severely ill prisoner Turan Çabuk still in danger 

  The life of severely ill prisoner Turan Çabuk, who was taken to the hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage, is in danger.
• "We will not allow our children to die in prison" 

  In front of the Forensic Medicine Institute in Istanbul, relatives of political prisoners together with HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu demanded the release of all sick prisoners.
• Health of prisoner Kazım Karataş rapidly deteriorating, says daughter 

  Political prisoner Kazım Karataş has been imprisoned for 30 years. He is seriously ill and his health is deteriorating rapidly.
• HDP Diyarbakır MP Tosun submits prisoners' petition about rights violation to Parliament 

  The petition written by prisoners held in Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison about the violations of rights they suffered was brought to parliament by HDP Diyarbakır MP, Remziye Tosun.
• Justice Vigil of Şenyaşar family on day 317 

  For 317 days, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit have been holding a vigil in front of the Palace of Justice in Urfa demanding justice for her husband and two of her sons, who were killed by an AKP mob in 2018.
• Political prisoners in Gümüşhane on hunger strike 

  In the Turkish prison of Gümüşhane, two political prisoners have gone on hunger strike after being forced into isolation cells.
• 21 kolbars were killed by Iranian and Turkish forces in 2021 

  In 2021, at least 46 Kurdish kolbars lost their lives and 122 kolbars were injured in the border areas as a result of shootings by border forces, natural disasters etc. Of the 46 kolbars that lost their lives, 21 were killed by Iranian and Turkish forces.