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• Turkey, the country of suicides 

  In Turkey 5, 806 people have committed suicide due to financial troubles between 2002 and 2019.
• Prisoner with disability remains behind bars! 

  Prisoner Serdal Yıldırım has not been released despite a disability of 98 percent.
• Former HDP co-mayor Hatipoğlu sentenced to 2 years in prison 

  Former co-mayor of Hakkari, Dilek Hatipoğlu, who was subjected to violence while being transferred from Sincan to Van and was not heard from for a while, was sentenced to more than 2 years in prison.
• KDP hands over Kurdish politician to Turkey 

  The KDP has handed over a politician named Ömer Bartan, who spent 12 years in Turkish prisons and took refuge in Hewlêr to Turkey.
• Prisoner alleged to have attempted to commit suicide dies in Van 

  Ramazan Akbaşlı, a prisoner alleged to have attempted to commit suicide in Van F Type Closed Prison, has died. It was learned that Akbaşlı's remanins will be buried in his hometown, in the province of Saray.
• No news about former HDP co-mayor Hatipoğlu 

  Former co-mayor of Hakkari province, Dilek Hatipoğlu, was subjected to strip-search and violence while being transferred to another prison. Her family had no news about  her since. Her father applied to the Human Rights Association (IHD).
• Sit-in in Amed to protest isolation 

  DIK members were prevented from making a statement to Amed to draw attention to the hunger strikes carried out in prison demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and his release.
• Isolation punishment for lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 

  Political prisoner and lawyer Aytaç Ünsal is still in very serious health condition after his hunger strike. Instead of being released given the incompatibility with prison, he was punished with isolation.
• PJAK protests rights violations and arrests in Iran 

  Over a hundred Kurdish activists have been arrested in Rojhilat since the beginning of the year. PJAK protested against the mass arrest in The Hague and called on the international community to act.
• Prison guards raid wards with dogs in Urfa 

  Rights violations in Turkey’s prisons continue increasingly as no action is taken to stop the inhumane and unlawful conditions of detention.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 86 

  The hunger strike launched in prisons against the Imrali isolation continues on its 86th day. The solidarity hunger strike launched in Maxmur continues on its 65th day and in Greece on its 48th.
• 124 lawsuits and almost 27 years prison sentences against Eren Keskin  

  A total of 124 lawsuits were filed against IHD co-chair Eren Keskin. The total prison sentences against Keskin amount to 26 years 9 months and 20 days.
• Rights and legal organizations denounce abduction of civilians by state forces 

  Rights and law organizations filed a criminal complaint, drawing attention to the abduction and torture of Kurds and dissidents by state forces.
• HRW denounces massive police violence against students in Turkey 

  Human Rights Watch has expressed sharp criticism of the Turkish authorities' handling of the Boğaziçi protests and called for the release of the arrested students.
• KON-MED calls on people to join Hanau's victims commemoration 

  KON-MED called on people to join memorials to pay tribute to the victims of the 19 February 2020 right-wing terrorism attack in Hanau.
• Germany pays tribute to victims of 2020 right-wing terrorism attack in Hanau 

  On 19 February 2020, Ferhat Unvar, Said Nesar Hashemi, Vili Viorel Păun, Mercedes Kierpacz, Sedat Gürbüz, Kaloyan Velkov, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Gökhan Gültekin and Hamza Kurtović were murdered by a right-wing terrorist in Hanau. Today Germany remembers them.
• Lawyer Acun: Isolation is a consequence of the deadlock policies regarding the Kurdish issue 

  Lawyer Berdan Acun from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom said, "The reason for the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is the deadlock policies regarding the Kurdish issue."
• HDP: Co-mayor of Hakkari was tortured 

  HDP Co-Chairperson Ümit Dede said, "Our Hakkari Municipality Co-mayor was tortured through strip-search. The problems in prisons stem from the isolation in İmralı."
• "House arrest is manifestation of Imrali isolation" 

  Recently, with the political genocide operations, the impositions of "house arrest" are also increasing. At a press conference, political parties and human rights organizations sharply criticized this practice.
• Sit-in action in Amed for prisoners on hunger strike 

  Political prisoners have been on hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons since 27 November to end the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the violations of rights in prisons.
• Switzerland wants to deport HDP activist Hünkar Arslan to Turkey 

  Despite the risk of arrest, Switzerland wants to deport HDP activist Hünkar Arslan to Turkey on Friday. The migrant self-organization ROTA wants to prevent this and calls for protests in front of Bässlergut prison in Basel.
• PKK-PAJK: Let's increase the resistance with joint creative actions! 

  PKK-PAJK Prison Committee saluted the resistance in prisons in a statement released on the anniversary of the 15 February Conspiracy.
• Hunger strikes against isolation in Turkish prisons reach day 81 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has been taken over by the 17th group and reached day 81. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur Camp leaves two months behind, and 43 in Greece.
• Human Rights Association demands release of 62-year-old ill prisoner Tetik 

  IHD Izmir Branch pointed out that the 62-year-old prisoner Ali Tetik suffers from prostate cancer, mass in the kidneys, high blood pressure, and demanded his immediate release adding that he is not being treated in prison.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners call everyone to be a voice for their resistance 

  Deniz Kaya issued a written statement on behalf of PKK and PAJK prisoners drawing attention to the 15 February conspiracy, special war policies aimed at breaking the hunger strike resistance and the imposition of repentance in the new penal execution law.