HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Report shows systematic repression of human rights activism in Iran 

  A new report shows that the Islamic Republic’s response to any human rights activism is violent crackdowns, and that the situation of human rights defenders has significantly deteriorated compared to last year.
• Electricity, water and natural gas cut off in the cells of prisoners on hunger strike 

  Electricity, water and natural gas cut off in the cells of prisoners on hunger strike in Ereğli High Security Prison in Konya province.
• HRW: Iranian forces used excessive and unlawful lethal force against protesters in Sanandaj 

  Security forces use lethal force against protesters, wrongful detention, beatings, reported Human Rights Watch on Wednesday.
• Situation of prisoners on hunger strike in Ereğli jail worsening, say relatives 

  Relatives of the detainees on indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike in Ereğli Prison stated that their situation worsened and they tried to communicate with the prison administration, only to be told that "the director is on holiday."
• Unable to crush protests, Iranian regime turns to executions 

  The Iranian regime has so far sentenced more than 30 protestors to death and executed two of them over the protests in East Kurdistan and Iran. 26 more protestors face death sentence.
• Political prisoners in Ereğli enter 77th day on hunger strike  

  Dozens of political prisoners in Ereğli High Security Prison have been on hunger strike for 77 days against unprecedented oppression and rights violations.
• Council of Europe ministers deeply regret Kavala’s ongoing detention and urge his immediate release 

  COE ministers stressed the unconditional obligation to implement the European Court of Human Rights judgments and urged Turkey to comply and immediately release Osman Kavala.
• At least 828 refugee workers killed on the job in Turkey between 2013 and 2022 

  At least 828 refugee workers were killed on the job in Turkey between 2013 and 2022.
• Two Kurdish political activists from Rojhilat face deportation to Iran 

  Kurdish political activists Shawgar Mohammadi and Hossein Menbari (Amanj) from Rojhilat, who were detained in Marmaris, face deportation to Iran.
• HDP: Open the archives to fully clarify the 19 December prison massacre 

  The HDP said in a statement on the 19 December prison massacre, in which dozens of prisoners were murdered, that persecution and torture continued in prisons from the fascist military coup of 12 September to 19 December.
• Scores detained in brutal police crackdown on Justice Vigil in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, a march on the occasion of the final Justice Vigil for the release of sick prisoners was violently broken up by the police. Dozens of people, including media workers and politicians, were taken into custody.
• Kurdish citizen goes into a coma due to torture in Bukan prison 

  During the past three months’ protests, at least 9 Kurdish citizens have been killed under torture by the Iranian government forces, according to Hengaw.
• HDP and HDK condemn AKP-MHP coalition for war policies which force millions to migrate 

  The HDP Migrants and Refugees Commission and the HDK Migration and Refugees Council reacted to the wars, poverty and inequalities that have made millions of people refugees.
• Activists from Rojhilat detained in Turkey at risk of deportation 

  Activists from Rojhilat are among 140 refugees detained in Turkey at risk of deportation. Human rights organizations have called for international solidarity against the risk of being killed if the activists are deported.
• At least 469 people killed by security forces in Iranian protests 

  At least 469 people, including 63 children and 32 women, have been killed by security forces in the current nationwide protests.
• Türkdoğan: There are 1,600 ill prisoners in jails 

  Pointing out that the number of ill prisoners has reached 1,600 (it was 17 in 2007), IHD co-chair Öztürk Türkdoğan said: "The way to object to the system is through Imralı."
• HDP requests establishment of Parliamentary Investigation Commission on work-related deaths 

  HDP Muş MP, Şevin Coşkun, requested the establishment of a Parliamentary Investigation Commission on work-related deaths.
• Prisoners on hunger strike in Ereğli put in solitary confinement 

  It is reported that the prisoners on hunger strike in the Konya Ereğli Prison have been put in solitary confinement.
• Lawsuit against Human Rights Association co-chair Eren Keskin  

  A lawsuit was filed against IHD co-chair Eren Keskin for reacting to the lawsuit filed against Abdülillah Poyraz, the father of HDP member Deniz Poyraz who was murdered in Izmir.
• Kurdish young man dies due to intelligence ministry’s torture in Iran 

  The 27-year-old Kurdish man was arrested in late November for participating in the public protests in Sardasht. He was severely tortured by the interrogators before his release in early December.
• Yoleri: Isolation in detention is becoming more and more dramatic 

  Gülseren Yoleri, co-chair of the Human Rights Association (IHD) in Istanbul, warns that isolation in prisons is becoming more and more dramatic. More and more prisoners are falling ill or dying under suspicious circumstances.
• Second execution in connection with uprising in Iran 

  Within a few days, the second activist has been executed for "waging war against God" by the Iranian regime.
• Sick prisoner Tahir Gürdal laid to rest 

  Political prisoner Tahir Gürdal fell ill with cancer in Turkish prison and died two weeks after his sentence was suspended.
• Ill prisoner Tahir Gürdal murdered by prison system 

  Ill prisoner Tahir Gürdal, who got lung cancer after entering the prison and was held in handcuffs in the hospital for 19 days, was murdered.
• IHD says violations of rights in Hakkari increasing 

  IHD Hakkari Branch President Yusuf Av. Yusuf Çobanoğlu stated that freedom of expression, the right to organize meetings and demonstration marches in Hakkari have been suspended for more than 2,400 days.