HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Saturday Mothers ask for the whereabouts of the disappeared 

  The Saturday Mothers in Istanbul have asked for the whereabouts of six people who were abducted in February in connection with the attempted military coup in Turkey.
• "Afrin is a scene of war crimes" 

  The Afrin Human Rights Organization has set itself the task of documenting the war crimes committed by the occupiers in the region. The list of crimes of the last two months is long.
• 500 children abused in Adana in 7 months 

  IHD announced the Children’s Rights Violations Report for the last 7 months.
• IHD: We will keep seeking justice for Roboski 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) Truth and Justice Commission, Istanbul Branch, issued a written statement to mark the 90th month since the death of 34 Kurds in Roboski.
• 479 social leaders killed in Colombia since Peace was signed 

  Colombian Ombudsman, Carlos Alfonso Negret, confirmed that, according to the records, between January 2016 and April of this year, 479 social leaders have been murdered throughout the country and 982 received threats between April 2018 and April 2019.
• Panel at UN to discuss human rights in Northern Syria 

  A panel is scheduled for today at the UN building in Geneva as part of the fringe meetings to the UN Human Rights Council Session.
• UN questions Turkey on the Armenian genocide 

  "What measures has Turkey taken to establish the facts, including the fate or whereabouts of Armenians who were subjected to forced internal displacement, detention, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances during the period of 1915-1923?"
• Northern Syria panel at UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva 

  The 41st session of the Human Rights Council is taking place is Geneva. 
• Huge march for the Gay Pride in Sao Paulo 

  Attendance at the already traditional Gay Pride march held this Sunday in Sao Paulo has overcome any forecast.
• Sinn Féin: Introduce marriage equality in the North of Ireland 

  The blockade by a minority of political parties on equality for the LGBT community here is not sustainable, Leas Uachtarán Shinn Féin Michelle O’Neill has said. 
• European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty in KCK case 

  The case referred to the arrest en masse of hundreds of elected politicians, activists, human rights defenders in 2009.
• TJA criticised AKP policies on refugees 

  Tevgera Jinen Azad (TJA) issued a written statement today on the AKP's refugee policy.
• UNHCR: 70.8 million people forcibly displaced in 2018 

  Wars, violence and persecution have driven record numbers of people from their homes worldwide, according to the latest annual study by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
• Political prisoner denied treatment after hunger strike 

  Suleyman Benzer, who ended his hunger strike of 152 days in the solitary cell he was held in the Duzce Prison, is being denied treatment despite bleeding in his intestines.
• UN: 12 cases of extrajudicial executions in Colombia in 2018 

  A 62-page report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on international humanitarian law in Colombia during 2018, reveals that there have been 12 cases of extrajudicial executions.
• Urfa Bar Association: Torture in Halfeti is systematic since 2015 

  After the clashes in Halfeti, 51 people were detained in Bozova and Halfeti districts and subjected to severe torture and inhuman treatment.
• IHD: Violations of rights of prisoners who were on hunger strike 

  After the end of the hunger strike in prisons, many rights violations related to the medical treatment of prisoners continue to be on the agenda. 
• International award for Amed Bar Association 

  The Amed Bar Association has been awarded the 2018 Ludovic Trarieux Jury Prize for their efforts for human rights, their actions and the pain it has suffered.
• Halfeti people: We were tortured in custody 

  10 more of the persons detained in Halfeti have been released. The victims spoke about the torture.
• Saturday Mothers awarded Human Rights, Peace and Democracy award 

  The Human Rights, Peace and Democracy Award organized by Istanbul Medical Chamber was given to the Saturday Mothers.
• Prisoners on death fast have radios confiscated 

  Asli Dogan and Ardil Cesme’s radios were confiscated after their wards were raided on day 21 of their death fast in the Gebze Type M Closed Women’s Prison.
• Solidarity with jailed academics in London 

  A number of associations held a demonstration in solidarity with jailed academics in London on Saturday.
• Response from lawyers regarding the ban on visits with Öcalan 

  "It is a legal obligation that Mr. Öcalan establishes his full legal rights, including consultation with his lawyers and visits by his family, to receive letters, telephone calls and his right to other means of communication."
• HDP Van MP Temel tabled motion over torture in prison 

  HDP Van MP Tayip Temel who himself has been on an indefinite hunger strike since March, has tabled a parliamentary question on reports of torture in Elazığ Prison.
• Öcalan’s lawyer: Ban on contact with Imralı still in effect 

  The Turkish government has lifted the contact ban for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. His lawyers continue to see the ban in effect as only one visit has been approved since the decision made in April.