HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Jailed journalists interview inmates in Corona risk group in Van 

  Thousands of prisoners were released with the amendment made to the Law of Execution last April, but political prisoners were excluded from the amendment.
• Fasting Mapuche leader sends new proposal to Chilean government 

  This call was made amid the Mapuche people's fight for the liberation of spiritual advisor (Machi) Celestino Cordova.
• UN warns of spiral of violence in Colombia  

  The UN recorded 41 murders of former FARC combatants in the first half of 2020, a 10 percent increase on the same period last year.
• AIDL calls for the release of Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal 

  The International Alliance for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms called on the Turkish authorities to meet the legitimate demands of the hunger strikers, the only guarantee of their survival.
• Journalists demand justice for lawyers on death fast 

  Journalists underlined that the demands of lawyers should be accepted and said: “We, as Journalists Defending Life, do not want to report about death anymore.”
• 50 prisoners test positive for coronavirus in Bitlis 

  In a high-security prison in the province of Bitlis, coronavirus has been detected in 50 prisoners.
• Mapuche leader reaches day 104 of his hunger strike 

  Machi Celestino began a hunger strike to demand that the Mapuche political prisoners' rights and the Indigenous rights be respected.
• Lawyer Timtik's cousin says hospital is even worse than prison 

  Şimal Deniz, Timtik’s cousin, who stayed with Timtik as a companion for 8 days, drew attention to the fact that the conditions at the hospital are worse than those in prison.
• Report confirms systematic rights violations in Elazığ jail 

  MED TUHAD-FED exposed violence and rights violatoins in Elazığ High Security Prison No 2.
• Bar associations: Timtik and Ünsal must live 

  The presidents of dozens of bar associations in Turkey demand a fair trial for the hunger-striking lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Not only their lives, but also the right to defence is at high risk.
• Prisoner Gül calls off hunger strike 

  Political prisoner Cüneyt Gül called of his hunger strike but is denied visit with his lawyer.
• IHD publishes 6-month rights violation report 

  The 6-month balance sheet report on rights violations in North Kurdistan, prepared by the Amed Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD), has been presented.
• Force-feeding imposed on two lawyers on death fast 

  Lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who are on death fast, are facing an imposition of force-feeding in hospital.
• Mapuche in Chile demand the release of political prisoners  

  The Mapuche community held mass demonstrations in several regions of Chile on Sunday to support political prisoners on a hunger strike for several weeks.
• Violation of rights in Marmara prisons continue 

  Prisoners are denied papers, access to health, and are often not taken to common areas officially because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a latest report.
• Ill prisoners are in serious conditions and must be released 

  The Turkish government takes no action for the countless ill prisoners who need to be treated and released.
• Saturday Mothers demand justice for Ferhat Tepe 

  During their weekly vigil against "disappearances" in custody, the initiative of the Saturday Mothers has addressed the fate of Ferhat Tepe. The Kurdish journalist was only 19 when he was tortured to death by paramilitaries.
• PKK prisoner goes on hunger strike after being tortured 

  Cüneyt Gül, a PKK prisoner held in Bandırma Prison, was tortured after being deported to Isparta Prison about a month ago.
• Transgender asylum seeker murdered in Guatemala 

  Death of transgender asylum seeker in Guatemala highlights increased risks and protection needs for LGBTI community.
• Three prisoners go on hunger strike in Elazığ 

  Three prisoners in the E-type prison in the Elazığ province are going on hunger strike because of the rights violations and bad conditions.
• Asrin Law Office calls on the CPT to take on responsibility 

  Describing the CPT report on Imralı as “deficient”, the Asrin Law Office called on the CPT and all international human rights organisations to put more effective mechanisms into effect and to take on responsibility.
• Information stand for Zeynab Jalalian in Copenhagen 

  An information stand was opened within the scope of the signature campaign launched for Kurdish revolutionary woman Zeynab Jalalian in Copenhagen.
• New decision on release of lawyers on death fast expected 

  New decision expected on the release of lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal who are on hunger strike since 5 April.
• Şeyhmus Koç and four other prisoners on hunger strike 

  Şeyhmus Koç, who was imprisoned in the Nusaybin Case, has been on hunger strike for a week against ill-treatment and oppression.
• Lawyer on day 215 of death fast: We will win no matter what 

  The initiative of Peace Mothers in Istanbul has called for the release of two lawyers who are on death fast and are held in hospital against their will.