HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Isolation of Öcalan protested in Bern 

  A demonstration was held in Bern, Switzerland in protest at the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Saturday Mothers defy the police blockade 

  Despite police blockade, the Saturday Mothers met for the 708th time in Istanbul today and asked about the whereabouts of their disappeared relatives.
• Recordings of torture erased in Nusaybin 

  The security camera recordings that showed detainees being tortured in Nusaybin have been erased.
• Marseille group takes over the Vigil for Öcalan 

  The Vigil for Öcalan in front of the Council of Europe has reached week 300 and this time is being carried out by a group from Marseille.
• Relatives of disappeared people actions in Amed and Batman 

  Human Rights Association and relatives of the disappeared people met in Amed and Batman.
• TAYAD member taken into custody 

  Two TAYAD families association taken into custody.
• Saturday Mothers: We won't give up 

  The Saturday Mothers gathered once more in Galatasaray Square, in Istanbul. 
• PA OSCE: Pre-election harrassment and detentions must end 

  PA OSCE protested the detentions and arrests and said, “Pre-election harassment and detentions must end. Turkey’s security concerns must not be abused to target the opposition.”
• What are prisoners going through in the Kayseri Prison? 

  Rights violations are on the rise in the Kayseri Bunyan Type T Closed Prison.
• HDP Temelli: Time to right all the wrongs 

  HDP Co-Chair Sezai Temelli visited the families of detained journalists and politicians in front of the courthouse after his trip to Lice.
• 8536 rights violations registered in Van in 9 months 

  The IHD Van Chapter has announced the rights violations in the city in the first 9 months. The report cites 237 house raids, 282 arrests and a total of 8536 rights violations.
• PACE conference against the isolation of Öcalan 

  A conference was held in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to draw attention to Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s situation.
• Human Rights Network’s report on Iran’s attacks 

  The Kurdistan Human Rights Network has prepared a report on Iran’s attacks against Shaho and Hawraman.
• Prisoners in Adana beaten by special team 

  It has been learned that prisoners Fikret Kara and Hakan İnci were beaten by a 20-people strong team called 'Ready Force'.
• IHD condemns the pressure against Kurdish press and politicians 

  IHD condemned the political genocide operations against Kurdish press and politicians and stressed that the AKP must accept HDP’s representation, which is in the millions.
• Nine migrants lost their life off Izmir when boat capsized 

  Up to 35 migrants were on board the boat when it capsized on Monday evening off the Turkish coast. 
• Turkish army threatened to burn down village in Amed 

  The Turkish army has threatened to burn down the village of Birlik, where it has been carrying out operations and racist attacks for days.
• Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg in its 329th week 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil started on June 25, 2012 to call for an end to the aggravated isolation imposed upon Öcalan and to raise awareness for his freedom.
• Delegation chaired by Dilek Ocalan meets with CPT 

  The CPT had published their latest report on Imrali in March, but the report was based on a visit back in 2016. There was nothing in the report about Ocalan’s current conditions.
• Eren Keskin: Lawyers will continue to fight 

  Lawyers from the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) and Halkin Hukuk Bürosu (HHB) were arrested again within 24 hours after their release. 
• Prisoners made to work under slavery conditions in Van 

  AKP’s Tusba Municipality in Van is turning a profit through the production of bread using forced labor by prisoners for very low wages. Bakers in the city are angry at the municipality.
• Prisoners hold hunger strike against pressure 

  As the oppression and torture grows every day in Van and Patnos prisons, prisoners have launched a hunger strike in protest.
• HDP appeals for prisoner Kartal 

  HDP Co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli have made an appeal on ill prisoner Vefa Kartal to the democratic public opinion. Kartal has been on a death fast for 90 days.
• Protest for prisoners in front of Van prison 

  HDP and families exposed ongoing violations of prisoners’ rights.
• Desecrated corpses of guerrilla fighters unidentifiable 

  Relatives of fallen guerrilla fighters report that the lifeless bodies have been desecrated and are in an unidentifiable state.