HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Hunger strike in Lavrio enters day 147 

  The 34th group took over the hunger strike carried out by Kurdish refugees in Lavrio on the 146th day. The hunger strike is in solidarity with that carried out by political prisoners in Turkish jails.
• HRW reports arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances in Kurdistan Region of Iraq 

  In the governorate of Duhok alone Kurdish security forces arrested more than 100 people between March 2020 and April 2021. Most were later released but at least 30 remain in detention, including the five activists and journalists already sentenced.
• Two political prisoners denounce violence by guards during transfer to hearing 

  Two political prisoners brought from Elazig to Batman T Type Closed Prison to attend their hearing were subjected to the violence by the guards on the grounds that they did not stand up during the count.
• Vigil for Justice of Şenyaşar family reaches day 99 

  The Şenyaşar family continued their resistance and called for the “injustice to be challenged! If you witness any injustice, don’t remain silent".
• Iranian guards attack group of kolbars, injure two 

  The Iranian revolutionary guards attacked a group of kolbars in the Kirmaşan region of East Kurdistan. Two kolbars were injured.
• 200 days of hunger strike against isolation 

  The hunger strike of political prisoners against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and the total disenfranchisement in Turkish prisons has been going on for 200 days now. TUHAY-DER compares the situation in the prisons to a state of emergency.
• Vigil for Justice of Şenyaşar family reaches day 96 

  The Vigil Justice of Emine Şenyaşar, who lost her husband and two sons as a result of the attack on her family shop carried out by relatives and bodyguards of AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız, reaches day 96.
• Mother of seriously ill prisoner Devrim Ayık calls for his release 

  Hülya Ayık is the mother of prisoner Devrim Ayık. Her son suffers from intestinal disease. "My son has trouble in his eyes and cannot meet his daily needs alone."
• Victim of helicopter torture files complaint 

  Kurdish villager Osman Şiban has filed a complaint against soldiers of the Turkish army. The 51-year-old is a victim of the so-called helicopter torture in Van, which ended fatally for Servet Turgut.
• Constitutional Court rejects application on Cizre's 3rd basement massacre  

  The Official Gazette explained why the Constitutional Court rejected the application regarding the massacre carried out by the Turkish state in the 3rd basement during the self-government resistance in Cizre: Missing Documents.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 195 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 195th day. The hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 174 days and in Greece for 157 days.
• Jailed son cares for 83-year-old father in prison in Amed 

  Mehmet Emin Özkan has been in Turkish custody for 25 years and is not released despite being seriously ill. Now his son, who is also imprisoned, has been transferred to D-type prison in Amed to care for his father.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan file new request to visit their client 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan file a new application to meet with their client in Imrali.
• Remains found in Norway are of Kurdish child who drowned in English Channel 

  The body of a 15-month-old child recovered in Norway has been identified. It is the body of Kurdish little boy Artin, who drowned when a refugee boat sank in the English Channel.
• Şenyaşar family: Let's stop this repression 

  The Şenyaşar family continues its vigil for justice in front of the court in Urfa on day 91.
• Lawyer Uysal: In Imrali there is no law 

  Nevroz Uysal, one of the lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, called for struggle saying that “there is no law in Imrali, the isolation is multidimensional."
• "The state will continue to feed murderers like Mehmet Ağar" 

  Saturday Mothers demand consequences from the revelations of the Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker. The subject of their action today against "disappearances" were the murders of Kurdish businessmen in the nineties.
• TUHAY-DER says prisoners on hunger strike given disciplinary punishments 

  Van TUHAY-DER Prisons Monitoring Commission member, Kenan Kara, said that the number of solitary and disciplinary punishments for prisoners on hunger strike has increased.
• Prisoner Kurbani Özcan denounces torture by guards 

  Prisoner Kurbani Özcan, whose fingers were broken by guards in the prison, was once again tortured.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 189 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 189th day. The hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 168 days and in Greece for 151 days.
• Three kolbars killed and 13 injured in May 

  Four kolbars died and 13 were injured on the border line of Federate Kurdistan Region in May.
• HDP: 30 million people in Turkey live below poverty and hunger line  

  The HDP said that the hunger rate in Turkey has risen to one of the highest levels in history and that 30 million people live below the poverty line.
• Şenyaşar family, 84 days seeking justice 

  The Şenyaşar family continues to seek justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for the 84th day.
• Mother of a prisoner banned from visitation for speaking Kurdish 

  The mother of a prisoner held in Amed has been banned from visiting for six months because she asked a fellow inmate how he was doing in Kurdish. The officially lifted language ban continues to exist in practice.
• The Şenyaşar family's vigil for justice reaches day 83 

  The Şenyaşar family continue their vigil for justice in Urfa and said that they won’t give up their search for justice.