HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Kavala: ECtHR decision will 'give strength' to the judiciary in Turkey 

  The imprisoned businessperson commented on the ECtHR Grand Chamber decision that Turkey violated a binding ruling by not releasing him.
• Iran Human Rights Association calls on international community as authorities detain dozens 

  Several families seeking justice for the death of their loved ones in the November 2019 nationwide protests were arrested. Prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has also been arrested.
• Authorities of Akhisar T Type Prison impose search for prisoners to be sent to hospital 

  The authorities of Akhisar T Type Prison impose a thorough search for prisoners to be sent to the hospital. Those who do not accept the search are not taken to the hospital.
• ECHR: Turkey failed to comply with ruling to release Kavala 

  The Court found that Kavala’s pre-trial detention took place in the absence of evidence and pursued an ulterior purpose, namely, to silence him and dissuade other human rights defenders.
• Prisoners in Adana Kürkçüler F Type Prison go on an alternating hunger strike against isolation 

  Prisoners in Adana Kürkçüler F Type Closed Prison have announced that they will go on an alternating hunger strike against isolation and torture.
• Narges Mohammadi's letter to Javid Rahman: The human rights situation in Iran is dire 

  Iran’s authorities convicted Narges of several trumped-up offences in connection with her human rights work and sentenced her to many years in prison, charging her with “spreading propaganda against the system.”
• Political prisoners in Van are forced to express remorse before their release 

  Political prisoners in Van prisons, who are supposed to spend their last year in an open prison or to be released, are forced to display remorse. Prisoners who decline the offer are not released.
• Kurdish man faces extradition to Turkey despite having being granted asylum in Switzerland  

  A Kurdish young man called Yaser Örnek, who was detained in Germany despite having the right to reside in Switzerland, was arrested at Turkey's request.
• Şenyaşar family celebrates Feast of Sacrifice in front of Urfa Courthouse 

  Ferit Şenyaşar, who continues the vigil for justice with his mother Emine Şenyaşar, stated that they will not celebrate the Eid al-Adha and said: "We will continue to mourn in front of the court in Urfa."
• Ill prisoner in Manisa jail not given medicines 

  Aydın Kurga, is an ill prisoner in T Type Closed Prison in Manisa Akhisar. He said that the prison administration did not give him his medicines on the grounds that there was a "crisis".
• At least 842 workers killed in their workplace in the first six month of 2022 

  At least 842 workers were killed in their workplace in the first six months of the year, the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) said.
• Mothers of political prisoners detained in Istanbul 

  Istanbul police have again detained mothers of prisoners at a vigil. "Whoever raises their voice in Turkey goes to prison and there is no guarantee to come out alive," said HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm.
• Eighty-year-old suffers fainting spell in Van prison 

  The case of Makbule Özer is a tragic example of the enemy penal law practised in Turkey. The eighty-year-old Kurdish woman suffered a fainting spell in prison and broke her arm.
• Justice Vigil in Amed reaches day 233 

  The relatives of ill prisoners have reached the 233rd day of the Justice Vigil in Amed. They demand freedom for ill prisoners and those who have served their sentence in full.
• Village guards in Van search vehicle carrying refugees 

  It has been reported that at least 1 people was killed as the result of the village guards searching a vehicle carrying refugees in the village of Karahisar in the Saray district of Van.
• Court rejects 80-year-old prisoner’s request for house arrest 

  A heavy criminal court in Van province rejected the application of 80-year-old Makbule Özer, who was arrested, to stay under house arrest.
• Police kidnap Kurdish filmmaker Suphi Orhan and torture him for hours in Izmir 

  People who introduced themselves as intelligence officers kidnapped Kurdish filmmaker Suphi Orhan and tortured him for hours.
• Zarakolu: Nothing will change, decisions are taken by courts here, not by government 

  Writer and publisher Zarakolu, exiled in Sweden, has spoken to Bianet about the expectation that the country will “send back the people Turkey wants to have extradited” following the signing of a memorandum on the NATO bids of Sweden and Finland.
• 1000 Women for Aysel Tuğluk campaign group calls for release of the lawyer 

  The 1000 Women for Aysel Tuğluk campaign group reacted to the forced defense of Aysel Tuğluk with the words "It is a crime against humanity".
• Political prisoner Zülküf Kaya tortured and deported to another jail 

  Political prisoner Zülküf Kaya, who was sentenced to 15 years for his social media posts, was tortured in Patnos prison. Kaya, who was handcuffed and beaten, was eventually deported to Erzincan.
• Human Rights Association publishes "Monitoring Rights in Turkey's Prisons Report 2021" 

  The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Commission for Prisons published its "Monitoring Rights in Turkey's Prisons Report 2021."
• Political prisoners in Sincan No. 2 High Security Prison go on hunger strike today 

  Political prisoners in Sincan No. 2 High Security Prison will go on an indefinite alternating hunger strike as of today.
• Istanbul Pride: "The state has opened war on LGBTIQ+" 

  In Istanbul, more than 370 people have had to spend a night in police custody after taking part in a banned Pride parade. About ten of those affected are refugees who are said to have been taken to deportation centres.
• Children in Kurdish provinces work as shepherds to support their families 

  Children between the ages of 7 and 13 in Kurdish provinces are forced to work as shepherds to provide financial support to their families.
• New 3-month ban on visits imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in Imrali  

  A new 3-month ban on visits has been imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.