HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Şenyaşar family calls on "anyone with a conscience” to support their fight for justice 

  The Şenyaşar family visited the graves of their murdered relatives and called on “anyone with a conscience” to support their struggle.
• Condition of prisoner Şemsettin Özer worsening, says IHD  

  IHD Istanbul underlined the situation of seriously ill prisoner Şemsettin Özer, who in in Samsun Bafra T Type Prison.
• IHD calls for the immediate release of ill prisoner Devrim Ayık 

  Human Rights Association Izmir made an online statement about the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences in prisons. The IHD called for the immediate release of ill prisoner Devrim Ayık.
• Basque organisation Askapena commemorates political prisoners all over the world 

  Saturday 17 April was the international day of political prisoners. Demonstrations and online events were held everywhere around the world.
• Saturday Mothers ask about the aftermath of businessman kidnapped in Van 

  Saturday Mothers this week asked about the aftermath of Kadir Keremoğlu. The 75-year-old businessman was kidnapped in Van 26 years ago.
• Solidarity hunger strikes continue in Maxmur and Greece 

  The solidarity hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 121st days while in Greece it has been going on for 104 days.
• Lawyer Demirel: Prisoners on 142nd day of hunger strike get constantly punished  

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 142nd day. Lawyer Demirel said that hunger strikers are put under pressure with disciplinary penalties.
• Kurdish activist Nazdar Ecevit released from custody 

  Kurdish activist Nazdar Ecevit has been released from deportation custody in Darmstadt. The danger of deportation has been averted, the Hessian Refugee Council is now calling for the wrong decision under asylum law to be corrected.
• Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers file new application to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers filed a new application demanding an "urgent visit" with their client.
• Ill prisoner Tokmak says books in Kurdish not given in Bakırköy jail 

  Ill prisoner Fatma Tokmak said that during the coronavirus pandemic, pressure and arbitrary practices increased in Bakırköy Prison. Kurdish books have not been given for one year.
• IPPNW: Nazdar Ecevit must not be deported 

  The medical peace organization IPPNW demands that the planned deportation of Nazdar Ecevit to Turkey be stopped. The Frankfurt District Court has issued a deportation order in the case of the persecuted activist.
• Lawyers Association for Freedom: Steps should be taken for hunger strikes before it's too late 

  Co-spokesperson of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) Prisons Commission Destina Yıldız said that a 4-minute phone call with Öcalan cannot meet the demands of the prisoners in Turkey who are on hunger strike against the Imrali isolation.
• Prisoners on hunger strike in Düzce put in isolation 

  Information came through about 15 political prisoners on hunger strike in Düzce T Type Closed Prison who have been punished with isolation.
• Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar will continue their Vigil for Justice during Ramadan 

  Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar will continue their act of resistance in front of the courthouse in Urfa during Ramadan. The family, which will have the iftar at the vigil, called for solidarity.
• Lawyer Veysi Eski: Violations of rights increasing in Turkish prisons 

  Lawyer Veysi Eski, member of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) Prison Commission, said that all legal institutions should oppose the violations of rights in Turkey’s prisons.
• Police search houses in Bismil; torture on residents exposed 

  A raid was carried out on three neighborhoods in Bismil, province of Amed. A resident was tortured; his home was looted.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 136, in Greece day 98 

  The hunger strike carried out in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 136th day. The hunger strike carried out in Greece has been going on for 98 days.
• Şenyaşar family's 'Vigil for Justice' enters day 33 

  The Şenyaşar family has been holding a "Vigil for Justice" in front of Courthouse in Urfa for 33 days.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 134 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 134th day. The hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 113 days and in Greece for 96 days.
• HDP: AKP-MHP favours capital, persecutes workers 

  HDP co-chair Şaziye Köse said that the AKP-MHP government persecuted workers during the epidemic period, and said that Code-29 should be terminated.
• Kurdish activist Nazdar Ecevit still faces deportation to Turkey 

  The political activist, former prisoner and survivor of Cizre massacre, Nazdar Ecevit, is to be deported to Turkey. A first attempt to deport her failed thanks to public pressure. However, the danger persists.
• HDP celebrates International Roma Day 

  The HDP issued a statement to mark 8 April, International Roma Day. In the statement the HDP said that that Roma are exposed to racist attacks in Turkey.
• Lawyer Yıldız: Prisoners have no alternative to the hunger strike to make their voice heard 

  Lawyer Destine Yıldız spoke on the situation of prisoners and said that they have no alternative to the hunger strike. They have no other way of making their voice heard.
• Lawyers file complain against police for boy injured by armored vehicle 

  A criminal complaint was filed against the police who injured a 12-year-old boy with an armored vehicle in Yüksekova.
• New application by Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers filed a new application demanding an "urgent visit" with their client.