HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Reactions to demands for execution of demonstrators in Iran grow 

  227 parliamentarians in Iran issued a joint statement to ask the judiciary to implement the death sentence for demonstrators. The Iran's Human Rights Organization stated that those who demanded the execution were complicit in this crime.
• UN experts call for release for Fincancı and all others jailed for politically motivated purposes 

  UN experts urge Turkey to immediately and unconditionally release Fincancı and other civil society actors detained for politically motivated purposes, ensure their access to fundamental safeguards, and protect their mental and physical integrity.
• ECtHR rules that the arrest of 13 HDP deputies was 'politically motivated' 

  Similar to the decision about former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, the court concluded that the arrests were politically motivated, which violated article 18 of the ECHR.
• ELDH Secretary General and European lawyers speak out against the isolation of Öcalan 

  ELDH Secretary General Thomas Schmidt said that European countries did nothing to lift the isolation imposed on Öcalan, while the peoples of Europe were aware of the issue and the paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan was known to all world’s peoples.
• HRW calls on Turkey to stop aggravating the acute water crisis in Syria 

  Parties to the conflict in Syria aggravate cholera epidemic, with Turkish authorities disrupting water supply and Syrian government obstructing aid, says the HRW.
• Political prisoners in Patnos not taken to hospital and prison infirmary for one year 

  Political prisoners in Patnos L Type Prison have not been taken to the hospital and prison infirmary for nearly a year.
• Turkish Medical Association calls for the immediate release of Şebnem Korur Fincancı 

  Despite the ongoing smear campaign, the Turkish Medical Association is aggressively backing its arrested president Şebnem Korur Fincancı. The internationally renowned medical doctor has once again spoken out from prison.
• Study shows Kurds in Turkey think human rights situation worse than 90s 

  The results of a new study by Tahir Elçi Human Rights Foundation and Rawest show that Kurds living in different parts of Turkey believe that mostly Kurds, women, children and the poor are subjected to violations of human rights.
• Seriously ill 79-year-old Hadi Özer still in prison 

  Seriously ill 79-year-old Hadi Özer was arrested on 9 May in Van. His son, Medeni Özer, said that he has been in prison for more than 6 months despite his chronic and serious illnesses.
• ÖHD lawyers say prisoner who set his body on fire to protest isolation not taken to hospital 

  ÖHD lawyers visited Yakup Brukanlı, who set his body on fire to protest the severe isolation in Konya prison. They said that although Brukanlı had second-degree burns, he was treated in the prison infirmary instead of being taken to the hospital.
• Iranian lawyers urge all colleagues to “defend our people killed in the streets” 

  As the protests in East Kurdistan and Iran continue on the 48th day, Iranian lawyers urged their colleagues to “defend our people killed in the streets”.
• Prisoner sets himself on fire in solitary cell in Konya 

  Political prisoner Yakup Brukanli, a Kurd from Iran, protested his isolation by setting himself on fire in a maximum-security prison in Konya. He is in a critical condition.
• Şenyaşar family continues Vigil for Justice on day 604 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit have been holding a ‘Justice Vigil’ for 604 days demanding justice for three family members killed by AKP people in 2018.
• Hengaw says 17 Kurdish young people killed on 40th day of Jina Amini's murder 

  The human rights organization Hengaw, said that 17 Kurdish young people were directly targeted and murdered by the police on the 40th day of Jina Amini.
• Turkish chemical attacks against guerrillas protested at Justice Vigil for ill prisoners in Izmir 

  The Turkish state's chemical attacks against the guerrillas were protested at the Justice Vigil carried out by the relatives of ill prisoners.
• HDP member jailed in Iran begins death fast against rights violations 

  HDP member Mehmet Birdal has begun a death fast after he was arrested during a business visit to Iran.
• Babur says that all ill prisoners shoud be released 

  Van TUHAY-DER co-chair Edibe Babur said that the decision to release Aysel Tuğluk made them happy, but that all the 618 seriously ill prisoners should be released.
• Lawyer Uçar: Use of chemical weapons is a crime against humanity and must be investigated 

  Lawyer Sezin Uçar said that the Turkish use of chemical weapons should be investigated by independent committees because it is considered as a crime against humanity.
• Police violently disperse Justice Vigil in Istanbul, detaining three including ANF reporter 

  The Istanbul "Justice Vigil" of relatives of sick prisoners was violently dispersed by Turkish police for the second time. Two participants and ANF reporter Zeynep Kuray were taken into custody.
• No justice for Roboski for 11 years 

  The Justice for Roboski Initiative demanded an end to impunity during a protest that marked the 130th month after the massacre.
• Cebrail Gündoğdu tortured by police in Menemen sent to prison 

  Cebrail Gündoğdu, who was detained and tortured by the police in Menemen, a district of Izmir, was sent to prison.
• Forensic Medicine Institute says in a report that Aysel Tuğluk cannot stay in prison 

  The Forensic Medicine Institute has released a report about Aysel Tuğluk, who is suffering from dementia, saying that she cannot stay in prison.
• HRW: EU should recognize Turkey is unsafe for asylum seekers 

  Hundreds of refugees have been deported from Turkey to Syria in violation of international law, HRW reports.
• Taşdemir MP says torture in Turkish prisons is increasing and becoming systematic 

  HDP Ağrı Deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir said that torture in Turkish prisons is increasing and it has become systematic.
• Iran Human Rights warns of situation of detainees 

  Iran Human Rights warned of the situation of detainees in Rojhilat and Iran.