HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Hun: Isolation of ill prisoners is a crime against humanity 

  Green Left Party MP Yılmaz Hun said that the aggravated isolation implemented against ill prisoners is a crime against humanity.
• New investigation against Emine Şenyaşar 

  An investigation was launched against Emine Şenyaşar, who made a statement in front of the Urfa Courthouse on the 800th day of the Justice Vigil, and 4 people who supported the action.
• Van turned into a grave for many refugees  

  20 June is World Refugee Day. Thousands of refugees from many countries, especially the Middle East and Central Asian countries, cross into Van and other border cities. During this journey, hundreds of refugees die.
• Australia sets ground for indigenous rights referendum 

  For more than a century, the Aboriginal people have not been considered as full citizens. Although their rights are now protected by law, deep inequalities among them persist.
• Van TUHAY-DER: Policies of repression in prisons worsening 

  Van TUHAY-DER co-chair Cetin Uyar said that the pressure policies in prisons increased after the elections and called on the government to end isolation.
• March and rally in Geneva for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom 

  Speaking at the march for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom in Geneva, CDK Geneva co-chair Mehmet Latif Çelebi demanded that the UN, CPT, EC and human rights institutions fulfil their responsibilities to end the Imrali torture mechanism.
• Ten students protesting compulsory use of the veil at university in Tehran arrested 

  Ten students who protested the compulsory use of the veil in a sit-in held since 14 June at the Faculty of Art of the University of Tehran were arrested on Saturday.
• New method of torture in Turkish prisons: Denial of release 

  In Turkey, administrative committees decide whether prisoners are released or not after completing their regular sentence. The criteria are bizarre and range from lack of remorse to refusal to talk to an imam.
• Sixth day of hunger strike for 6 detainees Kırıkkale High Security Prison 

  The indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike launched by 6 detainees against rights violations in Kırıkkale F Type High Security Closed Prison continues on its 6th day.
• District Governorship of Datça issues ban of all events scheduled for annual Pride Week 

  The District Governorship of Datça has issued a ban on all events scheduled for the annual Pride Week celebrations.
• HDP: Security service vehicles kill Kurdish children 

  In the last 15 years, a total of 44 people, 21 of them being children, have been killed as a result of so-called accidents involving vehicles used by soldiers and the police.
• Kadıköy District Governor's Office in Istanbul bans LGBTI+ "Tea&Talk" events 

  The Kadıköy District Governor's Office in Istanbul has issued a ban on a tea gathering organized by Lambdaistanbul LGBTI+ Solidarity Association.
• Lawyer exposes violations of rights in Iğdır S Type Prison 

  Lawyer Rıdvan Şahin said that many violations of rights take place in Iğdır S Type Prison, and added that prisoners told him that “the guards torture them after turning off the cameras.”
• Lawyer Yürekli: The experiment of Imrali prison 

  Lawyer Cengiz Yürekli from the Asrın Law Office provided information about isolation and the situation in prisons over the Imrali experience.
• Diyarbakır Bar President: The Kurdish question cannot be resolved by security policies 

  Diyarbakır Bar Association President Nahit Eren said that the Kurdish question could not be resolved by security policies and judicial practice.
• HDP Youth Assembly protests killing of children by police and soldiers with ‘poster action’  

  HDP Youth Assembly protested the killing of children by police and soldiers with a ‘poster action’ in the neighbourhood of Okmeydanı.
• New EU migration deal will increase suffering at borders, says Human Rights Watch 

  A June 8 agreement among European Union countries on asylum procedures and migration management is a recipe for more abuse at EU borders, said Human Rights Watch.
• Musician kidnapped and beaten by police  

  In Kurdistan, people are repeatedly taken into custody by the police and put under pressure to give up their cultural and political commitment or to become informers. The youngest victim of this practice is musician Dildar Didêrî.
• Number of child workers increasing both in the world and in Turkey 

  Ahead of 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour, ILO and UNICEF published some statistics. There are 160 million child workers in the world and around 5 million in Turkey.
• Saturday Mothers attacked again on the 950th week of action for the disappeared 

  Turkish police have once again prevented the weekly vigil by Saturday Mothers in Istanbul and detained about twenty members and supporters of the initiative.
• Frontex aided deportation of almost 25,000 people in 2022, says Statewatch 

  Statewatch said that Frontex aided the deportation of almost 25,000 people in 2022.
• Şenyaşar family: New cabinet should start by issuing an apology to justice 

  The Şenyaşar family said that the new cabinet should start by issuing an apology to justice.
• UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIS chemical weapons use 

  During their nearly four-year reign of terror in Iraq, ISIS extremists developed at least eight chemical agents, tested them on humans, and carried out at least 13 attacks, UN experts reported on Thursday.
• ‘HÜDA PAR is granted seats in parliament while we are denied the bodies of our beloved ones' 

  Feryal Celik, whose father and brother fell victim to Hezbollah atrocities in Batman in 1994, said: “The government, which denies us the bodies of our beloved ones and access to Galatasaray Square, awards HÜDA PAR in parliament.”
• Emine Şenyaşar fined for “insulting” an AKP MP  

  Emine Şenyaşar, who has been holding a Justice Vigil for her murdered family members, has been fined for allegedly ‘insulting’ AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız.