HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Countries at UN call for the ICC to try war crimes in Syria 

  Speakers said the Syrian regime and its allies continued to undercut a ceasefire, and were resorting to military action to gain time, perpetrating violations that amounted to crimes against humanity.
• All evidences point at villagers thrown from helicopter 

  Police tried to prevent the HDP delegation from talking to the press. Mersin MP Rıdvan Turan said hospital reports consistent with the statements saying that two villagers had been thrown by a helicopter.
• IHD reports 280 racist attacks in the last ten years 

  IHD report says that since 2010, 280 racist attacks have taken place, 15 people were killed in these attacks and 1,097 were wounded.
• IHD: Don't call isolation in prison a precaution against Covid 

  IHD executive Nuray Çevirmen said that the coronavirus pandemic reached serious levels in prisons, but no proper information was given about it. She added that it is not right to isolate prisoners and deprive them of their rights as a precaution.
• Ayotzinapa: Families demand justice for disappeared students  

  The parents of the 43 disappeared students from Ayotzinapa in September 2014 denounced corruption within the Mexican judicial authorities.
• Police forcibly take to army hospital man thrown from helicopter 

  Osman Şiban, who was thrown from a helicopter after he was detained in Van, was forcibly taken to the military hospital by the police who came to his house in the morning.
• Van political prisoners enter 9th day on hunger strike 

  The Van Branch of TUHAY-DER (Association of solidarity with prisoners’ families) made a statement regarding the hunger strike launched by the political prisoners in Van F Type High Security Closed Prison on 14 September.
• Women prisoners expose rights violations in Tarsus jail 

  Berfin Doğan, a prisoner in Tarsus Women's Closed Prison, announced that her health, nutrition and communication rights were denied.
• MSF calls for action for refugees on Greek islands 

  “On the ground, MSF teams only see more misery, more human suffering, a routine of humiliation, xenophobia and violence,” says the MSF head of mission in Greece.
• 75-year-old prisoner Özkahraman dies in prison 

  75-year-old Takiyettin Özkahraman, who was held hostage in Patnos L Type Prison, has died.
• Italian authorities allow rescue boat Open Arms to disembark 

  For weeks, the authorities of Malta and Italy did not offer any concrete solution to the humanitarian emergency that the boat was going through.
• Sweden wants to deport a 10-year old Kurdish girl to Turkey 

  Buket was abandoned by her mother when she was a baby. Her father went to Sweden and, after his asylum application was rejected, placed the child in the care of an aunt living in Stockholm. Since then he has disappeared.
• UN calls on Turkey to respect international law in Syria 

  Violations and abuses rife in areas under Turkish-affiliated armed groups in Syria.
• Hunger striker's mother: We won't give up our rights 

  Zübeyde Timur, mother of Botan Timur, one of the prisoners on hunger strike in Van, said: "We are not afraid and we will not give up our rights. I call on all mothers for support."
• Villagers in intensive care have been thrown from army helicopter 

  Osman Şiban is one of the two people who were detained and thrown from helicopters during a military operation in Van.
• Political prisoners in Amed mistreated during transfer 

  More than thirty political prisoners, among them Kurdish politicians Mehmet Aslan and Musa Farisoğulları, have been mistreated during their transfer to another prison in Amed.
• Political prisoners in Van go on hunger strike 

  The prisoners who started a hunger strike will continue their actions until all their demands are met.
• UN say war crimes carried out in Afrin and Serêkaniyê 

  The UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry said that the FSA carries out war crimes under Turkish control, including abductions, disappearances, gender-based violence in Afrin and Serêkaniyê.
• Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences for 14 lawyers 

  The Turkish Court of Cassation has upheld the prison sentences for 14 leftist lawyers. The court reversed the verdict against Ebru Timtik who died in August after months of death fast demanding a fair trial.
• ECtHR rules rights of writer Zarakolu violated 

  The ECtHR has concluded that the right to liberty and security and freedom of expression of writer Ragıp Zarakolu have been violated. The writer has been standing trial as part of Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Istanbul Main Case.
• EUTCC criticises ECtHR president for accepting Turkish doctorate 

  The EUTCC strongly dissociated itself from the fact that the President of the European Court of Human Rights received an honorary doctorate from Turkey, a member state that largely violates human rights.
• Political prisoner from Rojhilat sentenced to death penalty 

  ​​​​​​​A Kurdish political prisoner from Urmia who was arrested in 2019 by the Iranian security forces, has been sentenced to death by the Islamic Republic judiciary.
• Lawyer Marhan says concern growing for prisoners in Covid times 

  Prisons have been pointed out as one of the places most at risk after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
• Condition of ill prisoners Tikit and Özçelik worsening 

  IHD demanded the release of ill prisoners in Turkish jails.
• UN: Culture of impunity for human rights violations marks Turkey 

  UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances says most of its reccomendations were ignored by Turkey where a culture of impunity prevails.