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• Emine Şenyaşar enters day 21 of Vigil for Justice in Urfa 

  Mardin Peace Mothers Council visited Emine Şenyaşar on Sunday. Emine Şenyaşar is carrying out a vigil for justice in front of the courthouse in Urfa.
• DBP member suffers torture in Cizre 

  DBP member Azad Polat was tortured with electric shocks in the police department of Cizre. He was photographed naked and threatened with their publication online for not disclosing his phone's password.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners: "We will not repent" 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkey are being pressured to make confessions of remorse after serving their regular prison terms. Those who refuse will remain in prison.
• Lawyer Özen: There is no legal explanation for Öcalan’s isolation 

  Lawyer Şivan Cemil Özen said that isolation is torture and a crime which is not subject to statute of limitation. Özen emphasized that the system targeting Öcalan has no legal explanation and called on all democratic groups and the public to be sensitive.
• Saturday Mothers: “Not us but the perpetrators should be put on trial” 

  The trial of several members of the Saturday Mothers' initiative began in Istanbul with the reading of the indictment. IHD chairman Öztürk Türkdoğan called the proceedings pointless and demanded acquittal.
• Police attack the Şenyaşar family  

  Police attacked the Şenyaşar family who is demanding justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse. The family continues their action during the police blockade.
• Şenyaşar family continues Vigil for Justice on 17th day 

  The Vigil for Justice of the Şenyaşar family in front of Urfa Courthouse continues on its 17th day. "The lawsuit is not filed because a MP was involved in the incident," said Emine Şenyaşar.
• Solidarity action with Saturday Mothers takes place in Cologne  

  Activists in Cologne showed their solidarity with the Saturday Mothers in Istanbul. The trial against 46 participants in the 700th Saturday Mothers' protest begins today in Istanbul.
• "Corpses are tortured to increase the suffering of families" 

  MEBYA-DER co-chair Şeyhmuz Karadağ remarked over the Turkish state's attacks on corpses and graveyards, saying, "The corpses are tortured to increase the suffering of the families."
• Şenyaşar family enters 15th day of protest for justice 

  The sit-in protest started by the Şenyaşar family in front of the Urfa Courthouse continues on its 15th day.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply to visit Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan have once again applied to visit their client in Imrali.
• Senyaşar family's sit-in in front of courthouse in Urfa reaches day 14 

  The Senyaşar family's sit-in in front of the courthouse in Urfa is on the 14th day.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 116 

  The hunger strike launched in prisons against the Imrali isolation continues on its 116th day. The solidarity hunger strike launched in Maxmur continues on its 95th day and in Greece on its 78st.
• HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu says police used force against him 

  HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said after his release that the police used force against him when he was arrested.
• People detained in Amed suffer torture 

  One-year-old child detained and a disabled youth tortured in Amed. A total of 63 people were taken into custody, 24 are still held at the police station.
• Prisoner allegedly committs suicide 

  It was claimed that Macit Demir, who was taken into custody 3 days ago in Hakkari, died after committing suicide.
• Emine Şenyaşar sits in front of Urfa Courthouse for the 12th day demanding justice 

  The sit-in demanding justice carried out by the Şenyaşar Family in front of the Urfa Courthouse, continues on its 12th day.
• Activists in Copenhagen protest crimes carried out by Iran 

  PJAK organised an action in front of the Iranian Consulate in Copenhagen protesting the state crimes against Kurdish women carried out by the state.
• NGOs urge international community to deal with Öcalan rumours 

  MED TUHAD FED and TUAY-DER members made a joint press statement in Amed and called on the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) and the United Nations (UN) to deal with the rumours about Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HRW urges Turkey not to expel HDP MP from Parliament 

  Social media posting conviction a flagrant rights violation, says HRW regarding the case of HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu who is accused of “spreading terrorism propaganda” on the basis of a 2016 social media post that did not advocate violence.
• Cizire Region Lawyers: Turkish government responsible for the life of Öcalan 

  Cizire Region Lawyers expressed serious concern about Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and urged the legal authorities to assume their duties and to pressure the Turkish state to allow a meeting with Imrali.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers make new application to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers applied to meet with their clients urgently.
• No response so far to application for visit made by Öcalan's lawyers 

  No response has been given so far to the application made by the lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan demanding an urgent visit.
• Asrın Law Office: Enable communication with Imrali immediately 

  Rumors are spreading on social media that Abdullah Öcalan has died in prison. The Asrin Law Office, which represents the PKK founder and other prisoners on Imralı, demands immediate communication with their clients.
• 14 Bar Associations: Hunger strikers' demands should be fulfilled 

  14 bar associations in Turkey’s Kurdish region warned that hunger strikes in Turkish prisons have serious consequences for the health of prisoners and called for the legal demands of the prisoners to be fulfilled in order to avoid negative outcomes.