HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Prisoners' families reach day 15 of their Vigil for Justice 

  While the Vigil for Justice carried out by the relatives of the prisoners continued. STAR Women's Association visited the vigil to support the resistance.
• Vigil for Justice by Şenyaşar family reaches day 289 

  The Şenyaşar family, fighting for justice for their relatives who were murdered in Urfa, said that they would open a new path and protested those who avoided taking the initiative for it.
• Prisoners’ relatives blame the state for suspicious deaths in Turkish prisons 

  Relatives of political prisoners said that the Turkish state is responsible for the suspicious deaths in prisons during a justice vigil in the south-eastern city of Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Emine Şenyaşar summoned to testify for 11th time 

  Emine Şenyaşar who carries out a justice vigil outside the Urfa Courthouse has been summoned to testify for the 11th time.
• Family of ill prisoner Ibrahim Alkan calls on everyone to support the Justice Vigils  

  The family of ill prisoner Ibrahim Alkan (67) called on everyone to support the Justice Vigil launched in different cities for all ill prisoners.
• Şenyaşar family’s request to set up tent during winter rejected 

  Urfa governor's office turned down the request of the Şenyaşar family to erect a tent for their vigil demanding justice for slain family members.
• Political prisoners are retried based on anonymous witnesses 

  Lawyer Ekin Yeter criticized that some political prisoners who have been sentenced to life imprisonment are relitigated based on the statements of anonymous witnesses in what she calls “a crackdown on prisoners”.
• Women prisoners in Diyarbakır denounce torture 

  Prisoners in Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison were tortured. One prisoner, unable to endure the torture, attempted suicide.
• Erkmen's brother: "The state executed my brother" 

  Vedat Çem Erkmen died suspiciously in Tekirdağ Prison, where he was imprisoned. Erkmen's brother, Saim Erkmen, said: "The state executed my brother."
• Racists target young Kurdish man in Ankara 

  A young man named Volkan Temel was the victim of a racist attack with knives and sticks. The racists who attacked Temel said: "Dirty Kurds, Türközü will be your grave."
• Police abduct coffin of Vedat Çem Erkmen 

  The body of Vedat Çem Erkmen, who died suspiciously in prison, was abducted by the police.
• Authorities perform autopsy on prisoner Vedat Çem Erkmen without waiting for family and lawyers 

  The autopsy of prisoner Vedat Çem Erkmen, who died under suspicious circumstances, was carried out without waiting for his family and lawyers.
• Another suspicious death in prison 

  Vedat Erkmen was imprisoned in Tekirdağ F Type Prison and died on Sunday night in suspicious circumstances.
• 'NGOs should make more efforts to end the isolation’ 

  Attr. Burhan Arta stressed the importance of all NGOs and legal organizations working together to end the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners with him.
• Veli Saçılık: Prisons are not a place of defeat but resistance 

  21 years ago, sociologist and HDP politician Veli Saçılık lost his right arm in a prison massacre. The operation at the time was intended to establish an unopposed society throughout Turkey.
• Another Kurdish political prisoner executed in Iran 

  The execution came after repeated objections for international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International which had described the sentence as unjust.
• Survey: 'Situation of human rights in Kurdish regions no different from the 1990s' 

  More than 40 percent of the people in Diyarbakır do not trust the country's justice system, according to a new survey by the Diyarbakır Bar Association and the Rawest Research company.
• Siirt Bar Association visits Şenyaşar Family on vigil for justice 

  Siirt Bar Association President and members visited the Şenyaşar Family, holding a vigil for justice for family members killed by AKP people in 2018.
• Şenyaşar family: We will achieve justice together 

  The Şenyaşar family continues their Vigil for Justice and said that human rights are not implemented in Urfa.
• Family waits 5 years to get remains of son 

  The body of YPS member Serkan Dikme, who fell as a martyr during the self-government resistance in Yüksekova, was handed over to his family 5 years after his death.
• Another prisoner dies in suspicious circumstances 

  It was claimed that İlyas Demir, who was serving an aggravated life sentence in Bolu T Type Closed Prison, was found dead in the isolation cell he was held in.
• TJA activist Sümeyye Gök threatened with rape while in custody 

  TJA activist Sümeyye Gök, was subjected to naked search, psychological torture, and threatened with rape while in prison.
• Families' Justice Vigil continues amid solidarity visits 

  The Justice Vigil of the relatives of ill prisoners is on its 32nd day. The people that visited the families conveyed the message of taking responsibility for the situation.
• Violations of rights in Van and Türkoğlu prisons 

  Aydın Çubukçu is a prisoner in Van. He was not released despite being 82 percent disabled. In Türkoğlu jail, prisoners are not given hot water.
• Salih Tuğrul buried in Siirt 

  Salih Tuğrul, who suffered a stroke while in prison in the past and died on Wednesday, was buried on Thursday in his birthplace.