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• Efe: Torture is used for subjugation in today’s Turkey 

  Ümit Efe of the Human Rights Foundation in Turkey (TIHV) compares the practice of torture today with that after the 1980 military coup, saying that then torture was used to coerce statements; today it is used to subjugate.
• Şenyaşar family says prosecutor's duty is not to be a partner in crime 

  The Şenyaşar family slammed the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor saying that, “Your duty is not to 'participate in a crime' by covering up the massacre committed by the ruling party deputy and his family."
• HDP files criminal complaint against former intelligence official who confessed to torture 

  HDP filed a criminal complaint against former MIT Counter-Terrorism Department Head Mehmet Eymür and state officials who confessed to torture.
• Seriously ill prisoner Özkan bedridden. His daughter says: "Act now, tomorrow may be too late" 

  Selma Özkan, daughter of seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan, said that her father was now bedridden and could not even get on the phone. She called on everyone to act now, as "tomorrow may be too late."
• 165 workers died at work in the month of October, says Health and Safety Labor Watch 

  The Health and Safety Labor Watch released its monthly report on deaths in the workplace for October and recorded 165 deaths.
• Prisoner punished for dancing halay and writing in Kurdish 

  Mahmut Olgun a prisoner in Silivri jail, said that he was sentenced for dancing halay and writing books in Kurdish.
• Relatives of ill prisoners start Vigil for Justice at premises of Amed Bar Association 

  The relatives of ill prisoners started a Vigil for Justice in the premises of Amed Bar Association.
• Repression of women prisoners in Urmia resumes 

  After nearly two years of ill-treatment and torture in Urmia prison, new methods of pressure are now used against female prisoners who said that they would start protesting again.
• TIP MP Atay pays solidarity visit to Emine Şenyaşar's "Vigil for Justice” 

  TIP MP Barış Atay visited Emine Şenyaşar's "Vigil for Justice" and expressed his party's full solidarity with the senior citizen.
• Şenyaşar family: The President should apologize! 

  The Şenyaşar family continued their struggle for justice and recalled that AKP Deputy Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba said that “The President should apologize to the people of Urfa and this family.”
• Prisoners in Kırıklar jail call on people to expose repression they face 

  Prisoners in Kırıklar jail called for people to show sensitivity and added that repression under the new director turned into torture.
• Justice Vigil by Şenyaşar family reaches day 250 

  The Şenyaşar family continued the Justice Vigil on its 250th day.
• Two bodies found in the trenches dug by Turkish state for the wall along the Van-Iran border 

  Two bodies have been found so far in the trenches dug by the Turkish state for the wall that it continues to build on most of the Van-Iran (Rojhilatê Kurdistan) border.
• Hakkari Governor's Office extends ban on actions and activities for another 15 days 

  Hakkari Governor's Office extended the ban on actions and activities in the city for another 15 days.
• 9th prosecutor takes over the Şenyaşar Family massacre case 

  A 9th prosecutor has taken over the case concerning the murder of Şenyaşar Family members.
• Greece accuses Turkey of pushing migrants into Greek waters 

  Greek authorities accuse the Turkish coast guard of a life-threatening attempt to push a boat carrying migrants into Greek waters.
• Human trafficking goes unpunished in Turkey 

  Mahmut Kaçan, a member of the Van Bar Association’s Migration Commission, said that migrant smuggling has turned into an industry in Turkey and that a policy of impunity concerning human trafficking has been pursued.
• KNK calls for support for migrants on Polish-Belarusian border and says it will send delegation 

  The KNK calls for support for migrants stranded on the Polish-Belarusian border and announces that it will send a delegation to the region.
• Prisoners talk of more violence during deportation from Diyarbakır prison 

  Deported prisoner Mehmet Işıktaş went on a hunger strike. Şaban Kaygusuz, who is 90 percent disabled, who was beaten and subjected to strip search, has not been taken to the infirmary yet.
• Appeal for migrants trapped between Poland and Belarus on change.org 

  Appeal for migrants trapped between Poland and Belarus on change.org.
• Mother Şenyaşar demanding justice for murdered family members faces another investigation 

  Yet another investigation has been launched against Emine Şenyaşar whose husband and two sons were murdered by the AKP people.
• Vigil for Justice in Urfa: “A deputy of the government murdered our family” 

  The Şenyaşar family is continuing their resistance and said that “it is a deputy of the ruling party and his family who committed the massacre against our family.”
• Beaten and put on trial: Guards file lawsuit against 19 women prisoners 

  A lawsuit was filed against 19 female prisoners who were exposed to violence in Muş E Type Closed Prison in 2017.
• Academic Hifzullah Kutum sent to prison over "Kurdistan" tweet 

  After a tweet featuring the word "Kurdistan", academic Hifzullah Kutum was suspended from his research assignment at Firat University in Elazığ and subjected to a lynching attempt. Now the Kurdish academic has been sent to prison.
• Repression of prisoners continues, says Human Rights Association 

  The repression of prisoners in Turkish jails continues. At the daily sit-in to draw attention to the situation of ill prisoners, the Human Rights Association underlined the situation of Yıldırım Demir and Ayşe Özdoğan.