HDP Batman MP Feleknas Uca asked in the parliamentary question she submitted to the Ministry of Justice regarding the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan: "Is there an explanation for the disciplinary penalties and the ban on visits?"
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Batman MP Feleknas Uca asked Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ about the heavy isolation imposed upon Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali F Type High Security Prison.
The written motion recalled that the family and lawyer applications for a visit made by Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers were rejected because of an alleged "disciplinary action" and a "ban on visits".
In her motion, Uca asked the following about Öcalan and the other three prisoners held in Imrali, Ömer Hayri Konar, Veysi Aktaş and Hamili Yıldırım:
"-Is there an explanation for the ban on visits imposed on Mr. Öcalan and the other prisoners, who have not been heard for more than 21 months and whose communication channels have been blocked, because of an alleged 'disciplinary punishment'?
-What is the justification for the 'disciplinary punishment' given to Mr. Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Veysi Aktaş and Hamili Yıldırım?
-Why information about the reason for the disciplinary punishment given to Mr. Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners and the date of the punishment is not shared with the lawyers?
-What is the legal basis for preventing Mr. Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Veysi Aktaş and Hamili Yıldırım from meeting with their families and lawyers?
-What is the reason for insisting on this practice, which is a violation of the prohibition of torture article of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?"
