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• Musician kidnapped and beaten by police  

  In Kurdistan, people are repeatedly taken into custody by the police and put under pressure to give up their cultural and political commitment or to become informers. The youngest victim of this practice is musician Dildar Didêrî.
• Number of child workers increasing both in the world and in Turkey 

  Ahead of 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour, ILO and UNICEF published some statistics. There are 160 million child workers in the world and around 5 million in Turkey.
• Saturday Mothers attacked again on the 950th week of action for the disappeared 

  Turkish police have once again prevented the weekly vigil by Saturday Mothers in Istanbul and detained about twenty members and supporters of the initiative.
• Frontex aided deportation of almost 25,000 people in 2022, says Statewatch 

  Statewatch said that Frontex aided the deportation of almost 25,000 people in 2022.
• Şenyaşar family: New cabinet should start by issuing an apology to justice 

  The Şenyaşar family said that the new cabinet should start by issuing an apology to justice.
• UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIS chemical weapons use 

  During their nearly four-year reign of terror in Iraq, ISIS extremists developed at least eight chemical agents, tested them on humans, and carried out at least 13 attacks, UN experts reported on Thursday.
• ‘HÜDA PAR is granted seats in parliament while we are denied the bodies of our beloved ones' 

  Feryal Celik, whose father and brother fell victim to Hezbollah atrocities in Batman in 1994, said: “The government, which denies us the bodies of our beloved ones and access to Galatasaray Square, awards HÜDA PAR in parliament.”
• Emine Şenyaşar fined for “insulting” an AKP MP  

  Emine Şenyaşar, who has been holding a Justice Vigil for her murdered family members, has been fined for allegedly ‘insulting’ AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız.
• 44 people, including 21 children, killed by military and police vehicles in the Kurdish region 

  The Human Rights Association's Amed Branch announced that in the last 15 years, a total of 44 people, 21 of whom were children, have been killed as a result of so-called accidents involving vehicles used by soldiers and the police.
• CoE Committee of Ministers calls for the immediate release of Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ 

  The Committee of Ministers called for the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ who remain in detention despite the Committee’s previous calls and the interim resolution adopted to that effect at the March DH meeting.
• Scores taken into custody in Istanbul at screening of 'Pride' 

  Many people, including BEKSAV executives, who came together to watch the movie 'Pride' in Kadıköy, were taken into custody by the police.
• Prisoner on hunger strike is on the verge of death 

  It is reported that prisoner Emrullah Kanioğlu, who turned his hunger strike into a death fast, is on the verge of death.
• Emine Şenyaşar’s Justice Vigil enters its 807th day 

  Members of the Education and Science Workers' Union (Egitim-Sen) Urfa Branch visited Emine Şenyaşar, whose justice vigil in Urfa province marks day 807.
• Remains of HPG guerrilla Deniz Hêlîn given to his family 

  The remains of HPG guerrilla Deniz Hêlîn, who fell as a martyr in the airstrike carried out on 12 March in Mardin, were eventually taken by his family.
• Suspicious death in KDP custody 

  KDP forces called the family of Zîrek Ali Muhammed two hours after he was detained in Hewlêr, and asked them to take his body from the Hewlêr Forensic Medicine Institute.
• 85 actions in 36 cities to demand the release of Hatay MP Can Atalay 

  TIP organized 85 actions in 36 cities demanding the release of Hatay MP Can Atalay, who is still in prison.
• ECHR: Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ were deprived of effective assistance from their lawyers 

  The ECHR ruled that Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ had been deprived of effective assistance from their lawyers for the purposes of Article 5 § 4 of the Convention.
• Many detained in police attack on Saturday Mothers 

  In Istanbul, the Saturday Mothers' vigil was once again violently prevented and at least many were taken into custody by the police.
• Seriously ill Kurdish political prisoner in solitary confinement 

  Önder Poyraz is a seriously ill Kurdish political prisoner. He has only one kidney, had a back disc transplant and was paralyzed in his right hand. Currently, he is in solitary confinement.
• Professor Denis O'Haern: Imrali isolation is unprecedented 

  Denis O'Hearn, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso, said that the isolation system imposed on Abdullah Öcalan on Imrali prison island was unprecedented in the history of imprisonment.
• Political prisoner Mehmet Şahin released after 30 years  

  Political prisoner Mehmet Şahin was released after 30 years and 4 months of detention.
• IHRNGO: At least 142 were executed in Iran in May, 307 in 2023 

  At least 142 people have been executed in Iran in May, the highest monthly execution since 2015.
• Justice Vigil by Şenyaşar family enters 800th day 

  The Senyaşar family's Justice Vigil in Urfa marks its 800th day.
• Journalist denied treatment for speaking Kurdish 

  The medical examination of jailed journalist Zeynel Bulut was blocked by the Turkish military after he explained his complaint in Kurdish.
• Forced disappearances protested in Berlin 

  Activists protested forced disappearances in Berlin as part of the 17-31 May International Week of Struggle against Forced Disappearances.