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Sixth day of hunger strike for 6 detainees Kırıkkale High Security Prison
The indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike launched by 6 detainees against rights violations in Kırıkkale F Type High Security Closed Prison continues on its 6th day. -
District Governorship of Datça issues ban of all events scheduled for annual Pride Week
The District Governorship of Datça has issued a ban on all events scheduled for the annual Pride Week celebrations. -
HDP: Security service vehicles kill Kurdish children
In the last 15 years, a total of 44 people, 21 of them being children, have been killed as a result of so-called accidents involving vehicles used by soldiers and the police. -
Kadıköy District Governor's Office in Istanbul bans LGBTI+ "Tea&Talk" events
The Kadıköy District Governor's Office in Istanbul has issued a ban on a tea gathering organized by Lambdaistanbul LGBTI+ Solidarity Association. -
Lawyer exposes violations of rights in Iğdır S Type Prison
Lawyer Rıdvan Şahin said that many violations of rights take place in Iğdır S Type Prison, and added that prisoners told him that “the guards torture them after turning off the cameras.” -
Lawyer Yürekli: The experiment of Imrali prison
Lawyer Cengiz Yürekli from the Asrın Law Office provided information about isolation and the situation in prisons over the Imrali experience. -
Diyarbakır Bar President: The Kurdish question cannot be resolved by security policies
Diyarbakır Bar Association President Nahit Eren said that the Kurdish question could not be resolved by security policies and judicial practice. -
HDP Youth Assembly protests killing of children by police and soldiers with ‘poster action’
HDP Youth Assembly protested the killing of children by police and soldiers with a ‘poster action’ in the neighbourhood of Okmeydanı. -
New EU migration deal will increase suffering at borders, says Human Rights Watch
A June 8 agreement among European Union countries on asylum procedures and migration management is a recipe for more abuse at EU borders, said Human Rights Watch. -
Musician kidnapped and beaten by police
In Kurdistan, people are repeatedly taken into custody by the police and put under pressure to give up their cultural and political commitment or to become informers. The youngest victim of this practice is musician Dildar Didêrî. -
Number of child workers increasing both in the world and in Turkey
Ahead of 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour, ILO and UNICEF published some statistics. There are 160 million child workers in the world and around 5 million in Turkey. -
Saturday Mothers attacked again on the 950th week of action for the disappeared
Turkish police have once again prevented the weekly vigil by Saturday Mothers in Istanbul and detained about twenty members and supporters of the initiative. -
Frontex aided deportation of almost 25,000 people in 2022, says Statewatch
Statewatch said that Frontex aided the deportation of almost 25,000 people in 2022. -
Şenyaşar family: New cabinet should start by issuing an apology to justice
The Şenyaşar family said that the new cabinet should start by issuing an apology to justice. -
UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIS chemical weapons use
During their nearly four-year reign of terror in Iraq, ISIS extremists developed at least eight chemical agents, tested them on humans, and carried out at least 13 attacks, UN experts reported on Thursday. -
‘HÜDA PAR is granted seats in parliament while we are denied the bodies of our beloved ones'
Feryal Celik, whose father and brother fell victim to Hezbollah atrocities in Batman in 1994, said: “The government, which denies us the bodies of our beloved ones and access to Galatasaray Square, awards HÜDA PAR in parliament.” -
Emine Şenyaşar fined for “insulting” an AKP MP
Emine Şenyaşar, who has been holding a Justice Vigil for her murdered family members, has been fined for allegedly ‘insulting’ AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız. -
44 people, including 21 children, killed by military and police vehicles in the Kurdish region
The Human Rights Association's Amed Branch announced that in the last 15 years, a total of 44 people, 21 of whom were children, have been killed as a result of so-called accidents involving vehicles used by soldiers and the police. -
CoE Committee of Ministers calls for the immediate release of Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ
The Committee of Ministers called for the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ who remain in detention despite the Committee’s previous calls and the interim resolution adopted to that effect at the March DH meeting. -
Scores taken into custody in Istanbul at screening of 'Pride'
Many people, including BEKSAV executives, who came together to watch the movie 'Pride' in Kadıköy, were taken into custody by the police. -
Prisoner on hunger strike is on the verge of death
It is reported that prisoner Emrullah Kanioğlu, who turned his hunger strike into a death fast, is on the verge of death. -
Emine Şenyaşar’s Justice Vigil enters its 807th day
Members of the Education and Science Workers' Union (Egitim-Sen) Urfa Branch visited Emine Şenyaşar, whose justice vigil in Urfa province marks day 807. -
Remains of HPG guerrilla Deniz Hêlîn given to his family
The remains of HPG guerrilla Deniz Hêlîn, who fell as a martyr in the airstrike carried out on 12 March in Mardin, were eventually taken by his family. -
Suspicious death in KDP custody
KDP forces called the family of Zîrek Ali Muhammed two hours after he was detained in Hewlêr, and asked them to take his body from the Hewlêr Forensic Medicine Institute. -
85 actions in 36 cities to demand the release of Hatay MP Can Atalay
TIP organized 85 actions in 36 cities demanding the release of Hatay MP Can Atalay, who is still in prison.