HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Health of prisoner on hunger strike in Iran deteriorates  

  Political prisoner Hura Nikbakht, on the 11th day of her hunger strike against the rise in death penalties in Iran, is experiencing severe health deterioration in Evin Prison.
• Activities for Kurdish Language Day announced 

  The program of actions and events to be held in Amed between 4 May and 1 June for Kurdish Language Day has been announced.
• Pınar Sakık Tekin: Ill prisoners are fighting for their lives 

  Pınar Sakık Tekin, co-chair of the TUHAD-FED, called for the urgent release of ill prisoners.
• Uçar: Pit-type prisons are designed to suppress society 

  Lawyer Sezin Uçar, co-chair of the ESP, said that pit-type prisons are designed to impose pressure on all segments of society.
• Yurdagül released after 32 years in prison 

  Cevat Yurdagül was released after 32 years and three postponed release decisions. He said that many prisoners are kept behind bars arbitrarily even after completing their sentences.
• Report exposes heavy human rights violations in Tokat Prison 

  The Association of Lawyers for Freedom in Urfa has released a report detailing heavy human rights violations in Tokat Prison.
• IHD: There are 1,412 ill prisoners, 335 in serious condition 

  IHD reported that there are at least 1,412 sick prisoners in Turkey's jails, including 335 in serious condition.
• 764 children have been victims of workplace deaths in Turkey over the past 12 years 

  While the number of registered child workers in Turkey has reached 1,372,000, at least 764 children have lost their lives in work-related accidents in Turkey over the past 12 years.
• Police who tortured earthquake survivor left unpunished 

  The investigation into the torture of Hatay earthquake survivor Tahsin Nihadioğlu was closed despite medical reports and witness testimonies.
• Hura Nîkbext goes on hunger strike in Evin Prison to protest death penalty 

  Hura Nîkbext is held in Tehran’s Evin Prison. She went on hunger strike to protest the death penalty.
• Protest in Munich demands Iran to annul death sentences against three women activists 

  A protest was held in Munich demanding that the Iranian state end executions and immediately annul the death sentences against three women activists.
• Letter from a Kurdish prisoner 

  Kurdish political prisoner Rizgar Begzadeh Babamiri sent a letter from Urmia Prison describing the pressures and torture he has endured.
• Mother of martyr Taş: I want my child’s bones 

  Aynur Taş calls for the return of her martyr son’s remains from Afrin and for the release of her seriously ill brother so he can receive proper medical care.
• Report on 9 prisons: Isolation, arbitrary decisions and rights violations deepen 

  Legal and civil society organizations in Van published a report revealing worsening isolation, arbitrary practices, and systemic rights violations in nine prisons.
• Call for freedom and fair trial for ill prisoner Enver Yanık  

  Şükriye Yanık called for justice for her seriously ill husband, prisoner Enver Yanık during a press statement at the Izmir Branch of the IHD.
• Ill prisoner given solitary confinement for fax sent to Imrali 

  Hüseyin Sürgeç, a seriously ill prisoner in Tekirdağ Prison, was punished with solitary confinement for sending a fax to prisoner Veysi Aktaş in Imrali Prison.
• 110 years ago, the Armenian Genocide 

  Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the 110th anniversary of the April 1915 Genocide.
• Prison administration demands translation fee for Kurdish letters 

  The administration of Bolu Type F Prison demanded a translation fee from political prisoner İhsan Balkaş for a letter he wrote in Kurdish.
• Şimel Çam: We are deeply worried about my father being sent back to prison 

  Severely ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Çam was taken back to prison after being hospitalized for treatment. His daughter said they are deeply concerned for his health.
• Body of Kurdish political prisoner not returned after secret execution, family threatened 

  Iranian authorities have refused to hand over the body of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou following his secret execution, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has reported.
• Hamid Hossein Nejad Heyderanlu executed in Iran 

  Hamid Hossein Nejad Heydaranlu was executed in Iran.
• ESP and SGDF prisoners go on hunger strike against isolation in High Security Prisons 

  ESP and SGDF prisoners have gone on hunger strike against the isolation in High Security Prisons.
• Family protests death sentence imposed on Hamid Hossein Nejad 

  The family of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hossein Nejad has been protesting for three days in front of the Revolutionary Court in Urmia, calling for his death sentence to be overturned.
• Urgent call for the release of critically ill inmate Ismail Tamboga 

  Civil society organizations stressed that İsmail Tamboga must receive treatment outside prison and that being tried without detention is of vital importance.
• Kurdish political prisoner transferred to solitary confinement ahead of execution in Urmia 

  A Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death was transferred to solitary confinement in Urmia Central Prison on 16 April in preparation for his execution.