HUMAN RIGHTS

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• HDP calls on EU and UN to monitor situation in Turkish prisons  

  Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, HDP Foreign Affairs co-spokespersons issued a written statement to highlight the case of ill prisoners. 
• Lawyers demand justice for colleagues on death fast 

  "Our friends are melting before our eyes," said lawyers demanding justice for their colleagues, Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who are on death fast.
• Lawyer Timtik's aunt arrested 

  Sultan Kaya, the aunt of lawyer Ebru Timtik, had been demanding justice for her niece who is on death fast since 5 April.
• Van parties and associations condemn torture inflicted on Çetin 

  Reactions to the torture suffered by the Democratic Local Authorities Board and Tevgera Jinên Azad (TJA) member Rojbin Sevil Çetin continue growing.
• Boat sinks in Van lake, 100 refugees missing  

  In Van, thousands of refugees have crossed the border in recent years under the eyes of the State, and have been settled in the cities of Kurdistan, especially in Van.
• ÖHD publishes report on torture suffered by Rojbin Çetin 

  Report on the torture suffered by Kurdish women's movement activist Rojbin Çetin by police officers while in custody.
• HDP demands justice for Medeni Yıldırım 

  Seven years ago, 18-year-old Medeni Yıldırım was shot dead by a soldier in Amed during a protest against the expansion of Turkish military bases. The shooter is still at large.
• Turkey: Prisoners warn against expanding hunger strikes 

  Since Wednesday, five political prisoners in Urfa have been on hunger strike against their conditions of detention. The temperature in the province is 45 degrees Celsius and water is only available for twelve hours a day.
• Two prisoners on death fast hospitalized in İzmir 

  Political prisoners Özgür Karakaya and Didem Akman, who have been on a death fast for a fair trial and against the conditions of detention, were taken to hospital due to the deterioration of their condition.
• IHD publishes 10-year report on rights violations in Amed  

  Out of 689 applicants, 168 stated that they were subjected to assault / brutal beatings / physical violence by law enforcement officers in the middle of the street.
• Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian on hunger strike 

  Political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is imprisoned in Iran, is on hunger strike. With this action, the Kurdish activist, who is in isolation and infected with Covid-19, demands her transfer to another prison.
• 76-year-old ill prisoner dies 

  The ill prisoner died of a heart attack.
• IHD warns about worsening of conditions in the country's jails 

  The Human Rights Association warns about the heavy situation of rights violation in Turkish prisons.
• Mother detained with 10-day-old baby and 2-year-old daughter 

  Eylem Oyunlu was arrested with her 10-day-old baby and 2-year-old daughter.
• Graffiti of Kurdish youth killed by police won't be removed 

  Graffiti portraying Kurdish youth murdered by police in 1994 won't be removed.
• Call for international day of action for political prisoners 

  The campaign "Solidarity Keeps Us Alive" is supported both by groups who have been dealing with the prison situation in their countries for a long time and by initiatives and individuals who are generally committed to human rights and democracy.
• Pressure grows to end UK's trade of plastic and rubber bullets 

  Pressure is growing for an end to Britain’s trade in plastic and rubber bullets following disturbing scenes of serious injuries to Black Lives Matters protestors in the US.
• Lawyers express solidarity with colleagues on death fast 

  Lawyers from different bar associations called on people to support their colleagues Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal who are on death fast in prison demanding a fair trial.
• Human rights organizations in NE Syria urge the UN to act 

  The Turkish state does not abstain from committing brutal and inhuman crimes in the regions it has already occupied or is seeking to occupy in northeast Syria.
• Action in Kadıköy for lawyers Timtik and Ünsal on death fast  

  Lawyer Ebru Timtik's aunts Sultan Kaya, Yıldız Deniz and uncle Yıldırım Deniz, held a new action demanding to listen to their niece’s voice.
• Political prisoners in Turkey to start warning actions 

  Political prisoners in Turkey denounce an increase in repression during the Coronavirus pandemic and will start a series of warning actions.
• Social leader killed in Colombia 

  Leon Perez's assassination increases the total death toll for social leaders to 14 in the Putumayo department so far in 2020.
• Paramilitaries in Colombia kill two teenagers and a bus driver 

  The assassination of former FARC-EP guerrillas and their families doesn't stop in Colombia. The latest victim was only 15.
• "The ill prisoners are our bleeding wound" 

  ANF spoke with Havva Özcan, honorary president of the prisoners' solidarity organisation MED TUHAD-FED, about the situation of ill prisoners in Turkey. She says that the government is full of hostility and hatred towards them.
• Concerns over the fate of Zeynab Jalalian in quarantine 

  Jalalian is currently being held in the quarantine ward of Qarchak prison where she was transferred by the security forces after the other prisons refused to accept her.