Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was given a new disciplinary punishment. The punishment was allegedly given before the visit of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to Imrali.
There has been no news for more than 18 months from Ömer Hayri Konar, Veysi Aktaş and Hamili Yıldırım, who have been imprisoned in Imrali together with the Kurdish people's leader, who has been held under severe isolation conditions for 23 years.
While lawyers have not been able to meet with him for years, applications made by families as well as lawyers every week are either left unanswered or rejected months later, on the basis of disciplinary penalties. A new disciplinary penalty was given in Imrali just before the Committee for the Prevention of Justice visited the maximum security prison.
According to Mezopotamya Agency (MA), a 3-month family visit ban imposed on Öcalan and other prisoners by the Imrali Disciplinary Board in May ended on 15 September.
Asrın Law Office's lawyers applied for a new visit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on 16 September, after the ban ended.
As the application was left unanswered, the lawyers applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Directorate of Imralı Penitentiary Institution on 23 September.
The lawyers also said that they object to a disciplinary sanction, if any, and that the samples of the decision in the file be given to their parties.
Bursa Execution Judge rejected the application made on 5 October, saying that the 3-month disciplinary punishment given on 9 September by the Imrali Disciplinary Board Presidency against Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners became final on 28 September.
The lawyers were informed that there was a 3-month family visit ban, because of a new disciplinary sanction. The objections of Asrın Law Office's lawyers to the disciplinary punishments were not taken into consideration.
It was noteworthy that the disciplinary punishment coincided with the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture visit to ImralI Prison.
The CPT announced on 3 October that they visited Imrali Prison between 20 and 29 September.
The last disciplinary sanction was the 12th imposed as an obstacle to family visits since 2018.
While the reasons for the disciplinary punishments given until today have not been reported to the lawyers, answers are arbitrarily and deliberately given after the objection period has expired.
