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• Solidarity Initiative for Mazlum Dağ and Abdurahman Er in Bern  

  A solidarity initiative against the execution of two Kurds, Mazlum Dağ and Abdurahman Er, who were sentenced to death in South Kurdistan, has been launched in Bern. The initiative appeals directly to South Kurdish President Nerchivan Barzani.
• Forensic report on prisoner Tumay confirms he was murdered 

  Ankara Forensic Medicine Institute prepared a report about the death of Serkan Tumay. The young man from Bitlis was murdered in Kırıkkale Prison. The report stated that "death was caused by injuries".
• Human Rights Association: Sick prisoners must be released 

  Head of IHD (Human Rights Association) Istanbul Branch Gülseren Yoleri reveals that the sick prisoners do not even want to go to the hospital anymore due to quarantine after transfers to hospitals, and says that those in the risk group should be released.
• Four Colombian indigenous leaders killed in 24 hours 

  As Colombia's indigenous peoples are demanding protection through the Social Minga (march), 4 indigenous leaders have been killed in 24 hours, while President Ivan Duque shows no will to meet to them.
• Elçi case: 'All negligent public officials should be included' 

  The Human Rights Joint Platform called for the murder of Tahir Elçi not to be left in the dark.
• Kurdish prisoner dies after heavy torture in Turkey 

  A Kurdish prisoner has died in Turkish prison as a result of torture with severe blows to the head.
• Prisoners issue call after increase in rights violations 

  Women prisoners in Kayseri Bünyan Prison exposed new violation of rights.
• Hunger strike in Van F Type prison enters 34th day 

  The hunger strike launched in Van F Type High Security Closed Prison to protest rights violations has entered its 34th day.
• Appeal for 282 corpses buried under sidewalk in Kilyos 

  Law and non-governmental organizations in Istanbul informed the public on 282 bodies buried under sidewalks in Kilyos Cemetery after being removed from Garzan Cemetery in Yukari Ölek village of Bitlis.
• Political prisoners in Maraş on hunger strike for a week 

  Political prisoners in Maraş Türkoğlu No.1 L Type Closed Prison have been on hunger strike for a week against serious violations of rights.
• Indigenous people in Colombia march for life, peace and democracy 

  Colombia's indigenous people are marching since last Friday for the protection of life, territory, democracy and peace. The Minga march will end on Friday in Bogota.
• State cuts pension of 70-year-old ill woman in Van 

  The State cut the pension of a 70-year-old woman, Kubar Tunce. The woman is suffering from Parkinson and lives in Van.
• HDP calls for international action for Turkish prisons 

  Two more sick prisoners died in Turkish prison and one prisoner died of COVID-19.
• Family of Afrin man who died in prison issues call  

  Muhamed Emir (57) from Afrin died of coronavirus in Elbistan E-Type Closed Prison
• More than 20,000 migrants died in Mediterranean since 2013 

  Chiara Cardoletti, UNHCR representative for Italy, said that it was unacceptable that people, including women and children, lost their lives while trying to escape persecution simply because there aren’t enough means to save their lives available.
• Prisoner from Afrin dies in Turkey in suspicious circumstances 

  A civilian who was abducted from Afrin and imprisoned in Turkey on terror charges is alleged to have committed suicide in Elbistan prison. The 57-year-old was buried in a cemetery for the nameless in Istanbul.
• Eren Keskin: I do not see any other way out 

  "Regardless of their political opinion, all people who are sincere and have self-respect should side with the HDP. I see no other way out," Eren Keskin explains in view of the lack of rights in Turkey.
• Medical report on Servet Turgut published 

  Servet Turgut, who was thrown from a military helicopter with Osman Şiban after being detained in the Çatak district of Van and struggled to survive in the intensive care service for 20 days, lost his life on Wednesday.
• Prisoners in Silivri protest violations of their rights 

  Prisoners in Silivri talked about the rights violations they are subjected to in the phone calls they have with their families.
• Turgut's brother: We are the victims of a terrible persecution 

  Servet Turgut was killed by Turkish soldiers who threw him from a helicopter. His brother, Naif Turgut said: "They brutally martyred him. Let them burn as our hearts burned".
• HDP statement on “helicopter torture” of two Kurdish villagers 

  Feleknas Uca and Hisyar Ozsoy, Co-spokespersons of the HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) Foreign Affairs, released a statement on the brutal torture suffered by two Kurdish civilians in the countryside of the Van province.
• Bloody Sunday: Only one British soldier charged 

  Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has expressed disappointment at the decision not to prosecute more British soldiers for their role in the Bloody Sunday massacre. 
• Ill prisoner Mehmet Yamaç goes on hunger strike 

  Seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Yamaç announced through his guardian that he started an indefinite hunger strike in order to protest the arbitrary and inhumane attitude of the prison administration.
• MRAP condemns Turkish racist Zero Tolerance Policy on Kurds  

  The NGO MRAP (Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples) submitted a written statement to the Forty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva titled “Turkey: the racist Zero Tolerance Policy toward Kurds”.
• IHD says health of ill prisoners Direkçi and Karagüzel worsening 

  The condition of prisoners Semire Direkçi and Muhlise Karagüzel are getting worse, as the IHD underlined in its weekly protests for ill prisoners.