HUMAN RIGHTS

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• İHD: Öcalan and all political prisoners must be free 

  Human Rights Association (İHD) ​ made a statement on the anniversary of its establishment and called for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and all political prisoners.
• İHD: 6 thousand 912 human rights violations in Kurdish region in 6 months 

  İHD Amed Branch reported that 6 thousand 912 human rights violations were made in North Kurdistan during the first 6 months of 2015.
• AI reports human rights failures during Kobanê protests in Turkey 

  Amnesty International has released a report on human rights failures during protests in Turkey and North Kurdistan in solidarity with Kobanê in October 2014 in response to the advance of ISIS gangs on the predominantly Kurdish city.
• 15 years prison sentence asked for medicine student wounded in Kobanê 

  The second hearing in the trial of Dicle University Medicine Faculty student Esra Yakar, who was wounded in a mortar fire attack of ISIS gangs in Kobanê during her stay in the town to provide treatment to the wounded, has been held today.
• IHD to apply to Supreme Court for imprisoned YPG and PYD members 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Mediterranean Regional Agency released its report on the human rights violations, arbitrary treatments and oppression in Osmaniye T2 Closed Prison.
• IHD reports on refugees’ problems and offers solution proposals 

  Human Rights Association (İHD) stated that there are 2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey and emphasized that legal arrangements on the problems of refugees are inadequate.
• 10 YPG prisoners in Osmaniye prevented from receiving treatment 

  10 injured YPG prisoners at Osmaniye T2 Closed Prison are prevented from receiving treatment.
• Political prisoner denounces torture he suffered for being a Kurd 

  Political prisoner Adem Alp, who has been in Eskişehir Prison since 29 February 2012, has sent a letter to the Human Rights Association (IHD) Prison Commission, detailing the torture he was subjected to by a group of 20 prison officers.
• Saturday Mothers: the same tenacity for 20 years 

  The struggle of the families of the disappeared and the defenders of human rights for the disappeared has continued in Turkey since 1995.
• HRW: No justice for Turkish mine disaster victims 

  One year after the biggest mining disaster in Turkey's history, on May 13, 2014, the AKP government is blocking the path to full justice for the victims and their families, said Emma Sinclair-Webb of the Human Rights Watch.
• İlboğa wounded in Ağrı provocation refused treatment 

  MEYADER representative Cenap İlboğa, who was seriously wounded during the state’s provocation on Tendürek mountain, is being held in prison and not given proper treatment for his wounds.
• Supreme Court of Sweden: There is risk of torture in Turkey 

  The Supreme Court of Sweden has rejected AKP government's request for the extradition of Kurdish political asylum seeker Mehmet Turgay in consideration of a risk of repression and torture in Turkey.
• Over 400 hanged in Iran in 2015 

  Severe violations of rights continue in the Islamic Republic of Iran where at least 406 people have been executed since the beginning of 2015.
• Peace envoy Doğan released 

  Aysel Doğan, who had come to Turkey from Europe as a member of the Peace Group on the call of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, but was arrested in the scope of KCK operations, has been released.
• Jailed peace envoy Doğan receiving chemotherapy 

  Aysel Doğan, who had come to Turkey from Europe as a member of the Peace Group on the call of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, but was arrested in the scope of KCK operations, remains in a critical situation.
• 2200 children jailed in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  Juvenile Prisons Must Be Banned Initiative called attention to the ongoing right violations and ill-treatment of child prisoners, stating that there are currently a total of 2200 children jailed in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Book on female guerrillas banned in Amed prison 

  A book on the liberation process of women freedom fighters through portraits of 11 female guerrillas, “The womanly state of the mountain,” has been banned in Amed D Type Prison.
• Turkish police stage crackdown across Istanbul 

  Istanbul police staged crackdown on thousands of people who poured out into the streets today to celebrate the International Worker's Day.
• Iran executes at least 115 prisoners in 2 weeks 

  Opposition sources in Iran claim that the regime has executed at least 115 people in the last two weeks.
• Pregnant girls in Şakran Prison denied treatment 

  Following the news that emerged in the media about the isolation of pregnant girls under the age of 18 in cells in Şakran Prison, more details have come out regarding measures that may endanger their lives.
• Roboski families demand justice for 41 months 

  Families of Roboski victims demanded justice and the trial of those responsible for the mass killing of their children in a bombardment of Turkish warplanes in the 41th month of the massacre.
• Kürkçü urges an independent observation in Şakran Prison 

  Following news claiming that three girls under 18 are being held in solitary confinement in İzmir's Şakran prison as a punishment for being pregnant, HDP İzmir MP candidate Ertuğrul Kürkçü has met B.K. who is one of child prisoners in question.
• 5 youths from Rojava tortured by Turkish soldiers 

  Turkish soldiers deployed at the border to Rojava, West Kurdistan, continue committing cruelty against the civilians crossing the border, where 4 people have been killed during the past 4 weeks.
• 3 pregnant girls being held in solitary in Turkish prison 

  Three girls under 18 are being held in solitary confinement in Şakran prison as a punishment for being pregnant and have been denied medical treatment in spite of suffering labour pains.
• 'Genocide' letter to Erdoğan and Davutoğlu 

  Syriac and Kurdish associations in Europe and North America have sent a letter to Turkish President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu, calling on them to end their denial of the 1915 Genocide and restore all rights to the Christian peoples.