HUMAN RIGHTS

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• HDP and DBP Co-chairs and MP Zeydan to go on hunger strike - UPDATE 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, DBP Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel and HDP Hakkari MP Abdullah Zeydan will start a hunger strike.
• Families of prisoners on hunger strike for 42 days call for support 

  The hunger strike launched in Şakran Prison has entered its 42nd day. Families of the hunger strike participants warned that the prisoners are entering the critical period and calling for public awareness.
• Health of political prisoners on hunger strike deteriorates 

  Health of the political prisoners on hunger strike in several prisons across Turkey deteriorates.
• PKK/PAJK prisoners on hunger strike: Victory will be of those resisting 

  Political prisoners on hunger strike in several prisons for weeks stated that they will play their historic role in the current process, vowing that: “Victory will be of those resisting.”
• Hunger strike of PKK and PAJK prisoners continues 

  The hunger strike started by PKK and PAJK prisoners with the demand that “the isolation imposed upon Öcalan be lifted and rights violations in prisons end” continues in its 4th day.
• 70 prisoners in Van including those on hunger strike exiled to other jails 

  70 prisoners in Van T Type Closed Prison, including 10 on indefinite-irreversible hunger strike for 11 days, have been exiled to other prisons.
• Indefinite-irreversible hunger strike of 26 prisoners in Şakran on day 30 

  As the hunger strike in Şakran Prison continues in its 30th day, hunger striker Necdet Kaya's brother Hasan Kaya stated that the hunger strike will continue until it reaches its goal.
• 16 more prisoners join the hunger strike in Edirne on its 23rd day 

  16 more prisoners have joined the hunger strike which was launched by 6 prisoners in Edirne F-type Prison on February 22 to demand an end to the aggravated isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and the mistreatment and psychological torture in Turkish jails.
• HRW: 32 arrested at peaceful protest in KRG 

  Human Rights Watch called for the immediate release of 6 people who were detained during a peaceful demonstration in Hewler in protest at the clashes in Shengal.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners start hunger strike 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners started a hunger strike today with the demand that “the isolation imposed upon Öcalan be lifted and rights violations in prisons end”.
• Call for action for political prisoners on hunger strike for 26 days 

  As the hunger strike in Şakran Prison continues in its 26th day, Solidarity with Prisons Initiative Spokesperson Selma Altan issued an emergency call and emphasized that a delegation must visit the prison before a death occurs.
• UN report on the destruction and rights violations in North Kurdistan 

  The UN Human Rights Office on Friday published a report detailing allegations of massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and December 2016 in southeast Turkey.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners to launch a hunger strike 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners announced that they will launch a hunger strike with 5 day-long rotations to demand an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, the human rights violations at prisons, and the destruction of villages.
• Hunger strike in Edirne Prison on day 14 

  The hunger strike launched by 6 inmates in Edirne Prison continues in its 14th day. Families of prisoners call for public sensitivity.
• Indefinite hunger strike of political prisoners in Şakran in its 23rd day 

  The irreversible and indefinite hunger strike launched in Şakran Prison demanding an end to the isolation of Öcalan and right violations in prisons continues in its 23rd day.
• Indefinite-irreversible hunger strike of PAJK/PKK prisoners on day 20 

  The indefinite-irreversible hunger strike of PAJK/PKK prisoners in İzmir's Şakran Prison is on its 20th day.
• CoE Secretary General warns Turkey on journalists and right violations 

  CoE Secretary General: “It is imperative for Turkey and Europe that the judicial safeguards for all those who have been dismissed or are in prison are based on the ECHR and on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.”
• Hunger strike of political prisoners in Şakran on day 14 

  The indefinite-irreversible hunger strike started in Şakran Prison demanding an end to the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and right violations in the prison has entered its 14th day.
• International İmralı Peace Delegation meets with CPT officials 

  International İmralı Peace Delegation has met with CPT officials in Strasbourg regarding the aggravated isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• BDP administrator tried in KCK case jailed with her 7 month old baby 

  Gülistan Diken Akbaba was on trial as part of the KCK operations and has been sent to prison with her 7 month old son Miraz when the sentence issued by a FETÖ judge was approved.
• HDP MP: Interior Minister has admitted the torture in Xerabê Bava 

  HDP MP Yıldırım stated that Turkish Minister Soylu has admitted the torture in Xerabê Bava and that he must be reported to the Hague.
• Political prisoners in Şakran on indefinite-irreversible hunger strike 

  18 political prisoners have started an indefinite-irreversible hunger strike in İzmir's Aliağa Şakran Prison against the increasing repression and human rights violations.
• IHD: Worst period for human rights in Turkey 

  IHD Co-chair Öztürk Türkdoğan: “We are experiencing the worst period for human rights. We are facing developments that never should have happened in a country that claims it’s democratic.”
• Footage of Turkish state savagery in Xeraba Bava village 

  Turkish state forces put the footage of the houses they burned in Nusaybin's Xeraba Bava (Koruköy) village on the internet.
• Öcalan’s lawyers call for increased struggle against the isolation 

  Asrın Law Office advocating Öcalan said they have been refused on 580 appeals for visitation and called for raising the democratic legal struggle against these anti-democratic practices.