HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Two prisoners on day 198 of death fast forcibly hospitalized 

  The two prisoners refusing to eat and drink for 198 are demanding a fair trial and improvement of detention conditions.
• Greece prevents the entry of about 10,000 refugees from Turkey 

  The government in Athens has announced that it has rejected about 10,000 refugees at its sea border with Turkey. According to NGOs, these refusals constitute an illegal pushback.
• UN calls on Turkey to to release other human rights defenders 

  Ebru Timtik died on 27 August 2020 after three years in detention and a hunger strike lasting 238 days.
• Rights violation in many Central Anatolian prisons continues 

  ÖHD announced its Central Anatolia Region Prison Rights Violations Report and confirmed that there are problems in the managing of the coronavirus process as well as serious violations of rights.
• Ill prisoner Yamaç not taken to hospital 

  Mehmet Yamaç, is a political prisoner affected by COPD. He conveyed to his family that he had difficulty breathing but his request to be taken to hospital was no answered so far.
• AI report denounces abuse against detainees in Iran 

  Detainees flogged, sexually abused and given electric shocks in gruesome post-protest crackdown in Iran.
• ECtHR rejects emergency appeal for lawyer on death fast 

  Lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who went on hunger strike in February, remains in custody. The ECtHR in Strasbourg refused to call on the Turkish government to release him in an emergency decision, arguing that there was no immediate risk.
• Lawyer says time in hospital has worn out Ünsal Aytaç 

  Lawyer Muharrem Erdoğan, who visited lawyer Aytaç Ünsal who is on the 211st day of his death fast, said that Aytaç Ünsal cannot sleep due to pain, and complains of numbness in his hands and burning in his feet.
• Peace Mothers: The key to peace is in Imrali 

  Peace Mothers in Izmir said that they wanted to welcome 1 September World Peace Day in a peaceful environment and pointed to Imralı for a solution.
• Mapuche communities denounce Covid outbreak in Lebu jail 

  The community members have denounced that the symptoms have been hidden or handled by the Gendarmerie in order to lower the profile of the prisoners’ condition.
• IHD denounces worsening of ill prisoner Ali Kuş condition 

  The Freedom for Ill Prisoners Initiative drew attention to the situation of Ali Kuş, who is held in Tarsus No 3 Type Closed Prison.
• Activists pay tribute to lawyer Timtik in London and Paris 

  Layer Ebru Timtik was commemorated in London and Paris. She died on the 238th day of death fast demanding a fair trial.
• Urgent call to save lawyer Aytaç Ünsal 

  Urgent appeal for lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, who is on the 210th day of his death fast demanding a fair trial.
• Saturday Mothers: The state must face its past 

  On the Day of the Disappeared, the Istanbul Initiative of Saturday Mothers has once again called on the Turkish government to clarify the fate of the missing and sign the UN Convention against Disappearances.
• Lawyer says Timtik is "resisting because she wants to live" 

  Lawyer Didem Baydar Ünsal met with her colleague on death fast Ebru Timtik and said she is resisting to live.
• Vigil for lawyers on hunger strike continues 

  Freedom of Defense Coordination held a vigil in front of Bakırköy Sadi Konuk Hospital for two lawyers on death fast.
• Families waiting to recover remains of children for 77 days 

  The families of HPG guerrillas Salih Ekinci and Izzet Yiğit, who fell martyr in Elazığ, cannot take their children’ remains. Families have been waiting for the result of the DNA test for 77 days.
• There is isolation in prison, but no medicines are given 

  Brother and sister Haşim Gezer and Garibe Gezer are brother and sister. They are in Elazığ Prison and Kayseri Women's Prison and both are ill. They told their sister about the violations of their rights.
• 8 Mapuche prisoners stop drinking on 114th day of hunger strike 

  The Mapuche political prisoners on hunger strike in Angol jail, sent out a document to the Gendarmerie to communicate that they have also stopped drinking as of Monday night.
• Kaya: Lawyer Timtik's condition worsening in hospital 

  Lawyer Ebru Timtik, who has been on death fast for 235 days demanding a fair trial has been held in hospital against her will for 26 days and her condition is worsening.
• Staff surveys reveal widespread racism at the United Nations 

  A survey of over 688 UN staffers in Geneva reveals that more than 1 in 3 staff have personally experienced racial discrimination and/or have witnessed others facing racial discrimination in the workplace.
• New massacre of young people in Colombia 

  The governor of Nariño, Jhon Alexander Rojas Cabrera, has called for social investment and other measures to take control of the violence.
• Lawyer Ünsal: We stand together against repression 

  The Solidarity for Justice Platform organized a protest for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal on death fast demanding a fair trial.
• Mapuche leader signs agreement with government and ends fasting  

  Córdova and the other 26 Mapuche people went on a hunger strike to demand the possibility of spending part of their sentences in their original communities.
• Lawyers: Isolation has been confirmed by the CPT report on Imrali 

  The isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan is getting worse. The ongoing isolation that has been going on for 21 years has taken on different dimensions especially in recent years.