HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Prisoners in Espiye turn their protest into indefinite-non-alternating hunger strike  

  Some of the prisoners, who have been on a hunger strike for 55 days in the Giresun Espiye L Type Closed Prison, have shifted the protest into an indefinite-irreversible hunger strike.
• Lawyers apply for a meeting with Öcalan 

  Lawyers of the Asrın Law Office have applied to meet with their client, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Amnesty International calls on Iran to quash death sentences of three young protesters 

  Amnesty International said in a statement that the Iranian authorities must immediately quash the death sentences of three young protesters who were subjected to gruesome torture.
• Senyaşar family's Justice Vigil continues on 693rd day 

  The Senyaşar family's Justice Vigil continues on the 693rd day.
• LC Waikiki workers win their rights 

  The action of the dismissed LC Waikiki workers against the working conditions paid off.
• Seriously ill prisoner held in a solitary cell 

  Emin Gurban has been sentenced to an aggravated life sentence and is now so seriously ill that he can no longer care for himself.
• International Delegation Against Isolation: Freedom of Öcalan is crucial 

  The "International Delegation Against Isolation" has reiterated its rejection of the torture system on the Turkish prison island of Imrali and has called for its abolition. Full text of final declaration.
• International Delegation calls for abolition of Imrali system 

  Members of the International Delegation Against Isolation said that the Imrali isolation system is a method of torture and that it affects the whole society, and drew attention to the fact that Imrali Island is used as a model.
• Highest number of applications to ECtHR was from Turkey in 2022 

  More than one-fourth of the 45,500 applications in a year were from Turkey.
• Ill prisoners in Patnos jail not given their medication  

  Ill prisoners in Patnos L-Type Prison were not given their medication and were not taken to the infirmary.
• HDP pays tribute to Serdar Tanış and Ebubekir Deniz who disappeared in Silopi 22 years ago 

  HADEP Silopi chair Serdar Tanış and party's member Ebubekir Deniz, who disappeared after being detained by the Turkish gendarmerie, were commemorated in Silopi.
• Another Kurd arrested in Turkey after an illegal refoulment from Greece 

  The Kurd Mehmet Sayit Demir has been arrested in Turkey after an illegal refoulment from Greece.
• Pressure on LC Waikiki warehouse workers to leave the union 

  Limter-İş member Mehmet Salih Yılmaz, one of the LC Waikiki warehouse workers in the resistance who was unlawfully dismissed, said: "They are forcing workers in the warehouse to resign from the union."
• Violence against prisoners in Elaziğ jail 

  Lokman Aslan, an inmate in Elaziğ prison, said that the guards beat up 15 prisoners.
• Families of soldiers: Many deaths registered as suicide 

  Havva Gölbez, Head of the Association of the Families of all the Martyrs not considered as Martyrs, said that many soldiers died in Hakkari and Şırnak, but were said to have committed suicide.
• Metal workers go on strike in Kocaeli 

  The United Metal Workers Union (Birleşik Metal-İş) went on strike on Monday at Schneider Energy and Grid Solutions Energy factories in Kocaeli when the collective negotiations came to a deadlock.
• Protest by 12 cleaners fired for demanding their rights at LC Waikiki warehouse enters 15th day 

  The resistance of 12 cleaners fired for demanding their rights at the LC Waikiki warehouse is on its 15th day.
• ESP and SGDF members on hunger strike in Adana demand end of isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  ESP and SGDF members are on hunger strike in Adana demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan. They called for solidarity and a common struggle.
• Prisoner who served 30 years in jail not released as court says "he shows no signs of remorse" 

  The release of Şevket Bilici, who served a 30-year prison sentence, was blocked for the third time on the grounds that he showed no signs of remorse.
• IHD: 1,973 violations recorded in 21 prisons in 3 months 

  The IHD Istanbul branch issued a 3-month report on 21 prisons and said that 1,973 violations were registered. In the report, it was noted that the first of the violations was the isolation against Kurdish people’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Prisoners in Urfa not treated after refusing handcuffed examination 

  Sinan Celik, jailed in No. 1 T Type Closed Prison in Urfa, said that they were not treated after they had refused handcuffed examination and intraoral search.
• Emine Şenyaşar: My children were killed at the hands of the state 

  The trial for the murder of three members of the Şenyaşar family, who were killed by bodyguards and relatives of AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız on 14 June 2018, opened in Malatya.
• 79-year-old Hadi Özer released 

  79-year-old Hadi Özer, who was arrested together with his wife, Makbule Özer, on 9 May 2022, on charges of "aiding an illegal organization", was released after serving his sentence.
• Prisoners on hunger strike call for support: Hear our voice! 

  Metin Uyar, a prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 40 days in the Espiye L Type Closed Prison, said that “Our voices must be heard. We will not compromise on our honour. If the isolation of Öcalan ends, this torture will also end.”
• Şenyaşar family: We will be in Malatya on 17 January to demand justice 

  The Şenyaşar family said that they will be in Malatya tomorrow to demand justice.