HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Lawyers: Right to life violated in Cizre 

  Lawyers have shared their observations following an assessment in Şırnak's Cizre district which underwent a curfew for 9 days, during which 23 people lost their lives as a result of attacks by Turkish state forces.
• Council of Europe Commissioner urges immediate access to Cizre 

  Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has released a statement regarding the ongoing state terror in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• Öcalan denied access to his own books 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who is being held in solitary confinement in İmralı island prison has been denied access to four books written by him himself.
• IHD: Peoples of Turkey and Kurdistan want peace, not war 

  Releasing a statement to mark the 1st September International Peace Day, IHD Amed branch voiced concerns over the execution of civilians by state forces and emphasized that the peoples of Turkey and Kurdistan wanted peace, not war.
• IHD releases balance sheet of war in Turkey for one month 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) has released a balance sheet of war for the period from July 21th and August 28th which witnessed an intense wave of detentions, arrests, assaults, torture, murders and executions.
• Kurdish prisoner Behrouz Alkhani and five others executed in Iran 

  The Iranian regime continues executions of prisoners despite all the appeals and objections raised by Amnesty International and many other human rights organizations.
• IHD report on Varto: The state threatens civilians' security of life 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) has released a report of its assessments in Varto district of Muş where Turkish security forces executed civilians and attacked the living areas of the local people earlier this week.
• Human rights organizations apply to the UN for six deported YPG fighters 

  IHD, TIHV, SES and Eğitim Sen applied to the UN regarding the 6 YPG fighters who were deported and handed over to Al-Nusra, and called upon the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture to act upon Turkey’s breach of law.
• İHD: Operations should stop, isolation must end 

  İHD stated that 872 Kurdish and revolutionaries have been taken under custody, and demanded the end of the operations as well as the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 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.