Sedanur Uğur and Sibel Örmez were arrested during protests in Izmir and placed in the judicial detainees’ section of Şakran Women's Closed Prison. They were attacked by approximately 30 judicial detainees.
Sedanur Uğur and Sibel Örkmez were detained and subsequently remanded in custody during the action that took place in Izmir on 2 April against the usurpation of the will of the people of Van. They were attacked in the cell where they were kept with judicial detainees in Şakran Women's Closed Prison. The two women said that they did not want to stay with judicial detainees, but continued to be held with judicial detainees and were targeted by the prison administration.
Uğur and Örkmez were targeted because they refused a standing count in the ward and were attacked by other prisoners on 26 April.
Approximately 30 detainees attacked Uğur and Örkmez, while the guards threatened them. The women received assault reports had bruises on their arms and various parts of their bodies.
After the attack, the women were taken from the ward and kept in a cell for 2 days, and then they were transferred to another ward where judicial detainees were located.
It was learned that Uğur and Örkmez's lawyers will file a criminal complaint about the incident.
