HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Mother of Çiçek Kobane calls for action for her daughter 

  The trial of YPJ member Çiçek Kobane, who was abducted to Turkey by Islamists last October, will resume in Urfa on Tuesday. Her mother appeals to human rights organizations to stand up for her.
• Police attack Saturday Mothers at the 800th week of action 

  Turkish police have prevented Istanbul's Saturday Mothers from demanding justice for their missing relatives in Galatasaray Square. The vigil was to be held for the 800th time today.
• Prisoners in Osmaniye expose new violation of rights 

  Violation of rights continued in Osmaniye T Type 2 Closed Prison.
• Two more prisoners join hunger strike in Aksaray jail 

  Two more prisoners have joined the hunger strike in Aksaray Prison. It was learned that the pressure and violations against prisoners continued.
• Concern growing for killings of social leaders in Colombia 

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its concern about the killing of social leaders, human rights defenders, and former guerrillas in Colombia.
• ECtHR convicts Turkey over the closure of TAYAD 

  The dissolution of the association for mutual aid and solidarity with the families of prisoners and convicts in Adana breached the Convention, the Court ruled.
• WHO warns about heavy impact of Covid-19 on indigenous peoples 

  In Latin America, Peruvian, Ecuadorean, Colombian, and Bolivian Indigenous communities face medical supplies scarcity and the lack of governmental preventive actions against the virus.
• 59 bodies recovered from Lake Van 

  After the sinking of a refugee boat on Lake Van at the end of June, 59 bodies have been recovered so far. They are refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
• The Human Rights Association celebrates its 34th anniversary 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) celebrates the 34th year of its foundation.
• Iran: Ten years imprisonment for Kurdish teacher 

  In Sinê in Eastern Kurdistan, Kurdish teacher Zara Mihemed has been sentenced to ten years in prison by an Iranian "revolutionary court" for "activities against national security".
• IHD Çevirmen says violation of rights in prisons increased 

  Nuray Çevirmen, a member of the Human Rights Association (IHD) council, drew attention to the violations of rights in prisons.
• Two Kurdish political prisoners executed in Iran 

  According to the information provided by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Kurdish political prisoners, Sebir Şêxzade and Diyako Resulzade, were executed on the night of July 13.
• Peace Mothers call on people to stand up against isolation 

  The Peace Mothers Assembly held a press conference at the Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch to call for an end to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the violations of rights in prisons.
• Three prisoners on hunger strike in Osmaniye prison 

  In Osmaniye, three political prisoners have been on hunger strike for a week to demand medical treatment. One of them has had shrapnel in his leg for four years, the injury he sustained in the Nusaybin resistance.
• Actions in Istanbul and Ankara for ill prisoners Gömi and Yakşi 

  The actions demanding the release of ill prisoners in Istanbul and Ankara were dedicated this week to ill prisoners Kemal Gömi and Yusuf Yakşi who are in serious condition.
• The situation in Turkish prisons 

  With the coronavirus pandemic, the situation in prisons in Turkey has dramatically deteriorated. Preventive measures are inadequate, and rules of distance cannot be observed.
• Refugees continue to arrive in Van 

  The search for refugees in the sinking boat on 27 June in Lake Van continues. Only 16 bodies have been reached so far.
• One of the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa identified 

  Remains of one of the Ayotzinapa missing students identified.
• Jailed baby gets a name: Hope 

  The IHD demands the release of Eylem Oyunlu and Makbule Özbek from the women's prison in Amed. Peace activist Özbek is 72 years old. Oyunlu was arrested shortly after the birth of her daughter Omedya, who is now three weeks old.
• 72-year-old Peace Mother Özbek to stay in prison 

  The demand by lawyers to release 72-year-old Peace Mother Makbule Özbek, who suffers from chronic diseases, was rejected.
• Four political prisoners infected with coronavirus 

  Four political prisoners in Van have been found to be infected with coronavirus. In Osmaniye, three prisoners from the Nusaybin trial went on hunger strike demanding to be granted medical treatment.
• “Turkey’s draft law on bars undermines legal profession” 

  Draft law reduces leading bar associations’ authority, leads to creation of rival groups.
• Ünsal: The fight against injustice is the task of us all 

  Aytaç Ünsal, a lawyer imprisoned in Turkey, has been on hunger strike for 157 days to demand a fair trial. ANF spoke to his wife, Didem Baydar Ünsal. Despite everything, she is full of hope and calls for protests.
• Community leader killed in Colombia 

  Police in Huila (Colombia) announced the killing of community leader Gentil Pasos in Algeciras municipality which brings to 150 the number of activists killed in the country this 2020.
• Many ill prisoners are on the threshold of death, says TUHAY-DER 

  EGE TUHAY-DER co-chair Ahmet Ertaş pointed out that the violations in prisons of the Aegean region have increased. He added that the prisoners whose treatment rights have been seized, are on the threshold of death.