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• Justice Vigil by relatives of prisoners in Amed reaches day 32 

  The Justice Vigil carried out by the relatives of the prisoners in Amed has reached day 32.
• HDP's Dede calls on the government to “surrender” 

  "The only appeal we would make to the government is a call to surrender,'" said Ümit Dede, Co-Chair of the HDP Law and Human Rights Commission, who visited the families at the Justice Vigil.
• Şenyaşar Family: Turkish judiciary becomes a partner in a crime against humanity 

  “Injustice is destroying Turkey. The prosecutor dealing with our case is complicit in a crime against humanity,” said the Şenyaşar family demanding justice for three family members killed in 2018.
• PKK-PAJK Prison Committees: There are deliberate murders in Turkish prisons 

  PKK-PAJK Prison Committees said that they lost three of their comrades in Turkey’s prisons in one week as “there is a deliberate attempt to murder prisoners.”
• Prisoner Güneş laid to rest 

  The funeral of seriously ill prisoner Halil Güneş who died in prison was held in Adana province.
• Lawyers not given preliminary autopsy report on ill prisoner Halil Güneş  

  The preliminary autopsy report on ill prisoner Halil Güneş was not given to his lawyers.
• Preliminary autopsy report on Abdurrazak Suyur qualifies death as 'suspicious' 

  Abdurrazak Suyur, a seriously ill prisoner in Aliağa Şakran T Type Prison No. 2, died on Tuesday. It has been learned that he was in intensive care for 10 days. His death has been recorded as suspicious in the preliminary autopsy.
• Women in Frankfurt protest inhumane practices of Turkish state against ill prisoners 

  Women in Frankfurt protested the inhumane practices of the Turkish state against ill prisoners, and demanded freedom for all political detainees.
• Political prisoners in Bafra denied access to hospital for 7 months 

  Political prisoners held in Bafra T-type Closed Prison in Samsun province, northern Turkey, have not been taken to hospital for at least 7 months.
• Solidarity Association calls for urgent action for sick prisoners 

  The Marmara Association for Solidarity with the Families of Prisoners and Convicts (MA-TUHAYDER) called for urgent action for sick prisoners after the latest deaths in prisons in Turkey.
• PKK-PAJK prisoners: "The government is responsible for deaths in prisons” 

  After the deaths of Garibe Gezer, Halil Güneş and Abdulrezzak Şuyur in Turkish prisons, PKK and PAJK prisoners demand the immediate release of sick political prisoners.
• Sick prisoner denied release dies in prison 

  Sick prisoner Halil Güneş whose release was denied several times has passed away in prison this morning.
• Forensic specialist Biçer: Isolation is torture and should not be imposed on anyone 

  Forensic specialist Prof. Dr. Ümit Biçer said that keeping Garibe Gezer, who had already attempted suicide before her suspicious death in Kandıra Prison, in isolation was torture.
• Weird excuses prevent release of prisoner Hasan Çelik 

  Prisoner Hasan Çelik is not being released because he "did not take a bath and could not get along with the staff" despite his sentence having been served.
• Şenyaşar family continues its Justice Vigil on day 282 

  The Şenyaşar family is continuing its Justice Vigil and said, "As long as we have a breath to take, we will have an account to ask."
• Severely ill prisoner Abdülrezzak Şuyur dies in Şakran T Type Prison 

  Severely ill prisoner Abdülrezzak Şuyur in Şakran T Type Prison has died.
• Konya Massacre Trial: A pre-prepared script put on stage 

  While the hearing of the Konya Massacre Trial was postponed to February 8, the arrest request for the defendants was rejected.
• Israel police used excessive force during May unrest: HRW 

  Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing crimes of apartheid against Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and inside Israel.
• IHD demands an end to Öcalan’s isolation, and justice for ill prisoners 

  Several branches of the Human Rights Association (IHD) protested the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, saying “Recommendations of the CPT and Mandela Rules are disregarded. The isolation should be lifted.”
• Şenyaşar family: The prosecutor is committing a crime! 

  Ferit Şenyaşar, who has been holding a justice vigil in front of Urfa Courthouse together with his mother, condemned the prosecutor defining the massacre of their family members in a hospital as an “unsolved murder.”
• Activist woman carries out vigil for her brother in prison 

  İnci Güler Altındağ, an activist of the Justice Vigil at the Amed Bar Association demands justice for her prisoner brother Abdülselam Güler who has been in prison for 29 years.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply for a visit 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client.
• Trial on racist killing of Kurdish family in Konya begins 

  The trial for the racist massacre that took place on 30 July in Konya opened today.
• IHD holds vigil to promote freedom of political thought on Human Rights Week 

  IHD Adıyaman Branch visited HDP Adıyaman Provincial Organization and held a “freedom of political thought” vigil to draw attention to the closure case brought against the party.
• 82-year-old ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan returns to jail 

  Ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan, who was diagnosed with coronavirus, was taken to prison once again from the hospital where he was treated.