HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Saturday Mothers ask about the fate of Hüseyin Toraman 

  Huseyin Toraman was 24 years old when he was dragged into a car by police in Istanbul on October 27, 1991. Since then, the high school teacher has been considered missing.
• Kurdish refugee dies of hunger and cold at Polish border 

  On Friday, another Kurd died of hunger and cold in the militarily sealed off buffer zone between Poland and Belarus. According to the civil society movement Sea Bridge, at least eight people have already died in the buffer zone.
• Prisoner in Antep denounces death threats  

  Şaban Yener, a prisoner in Antep, said that they were threatened with death.
• Vigil for justice: “AKP deputy destroyed a family” 

  The Şenyaşar family which has been carrying out a justice vigil for 234 days, said that “a deputy of the ruling party destroyed a family by using public power.”
• Prisoner Onur Yılmaz says he will go on hunger strike to protest rights violation in Buca jail 

  Onur Yılmaz, one of the detainees who was transferred from Kırıkkale to Buca Kırıklar F Type Prison, said that his clothes were not given to him for days and conveyed the rights violations they were subjected to.
• Civil society organizations in Van protest 1,800 days of ban on actions and activities 

  Civil society organizations in Van protested the ban on actions and activities that has been going on for 1,800 days.
• Political inmates in Van High Security Closed Prison fear for their lives as torture increases 

  Veysi Bayat, a prisoner in Van High Security Closed Prison, said that what they are suffering is torture and added: "If this continues, they will kill us."
• Political prisoner in intensive care after torture in Şırnak 

  After an attack by guards in the T-type prison in Şırnak, political prisoner Ali Çevik is in intensive care.
• Guards beat political prisoners in Şirnak for refusing to sing national anthem 

  Political prisoners in Şirnak were beaten until they were hospitalized because they refused to sing the Turkish national anthem. The inmates speak of treatment “beyond justice, humanity and dignity” and demand immediate action.
• Female political prisoner tortured and subjected to sexual violence 

  Political prisoner Garibe Gezer was tortured and subjected to sexual violence in Kandıra prison.
• Women activists from Kongreya Star take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil  

  Women activists from Kongreya Star took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in week 488.
• Prisoner with 90% disability subjected to strip search and harassment 

  Şaban Kaygusuz, 90 percent disabled without a hand and a leg, was sent to Kayseri from Diyarbakır and was subjected to a strip search in prison.
• Turkish President declares 10 Western ambassadors persona non grata over appeal for Osman Kavala 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared 10 Western ambassadors as persona non grata in the dispute over the imprisoned civil rights Osman Kavala.
• TUHAY-DER protest attacks against prisoners in Van F Type Prison 

  TUHAY-DER protested the attacks against the prisoners in Van F Type Prison.
• HDP administrator forced to spy on party activities 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kartal district administrator Tacettin Kılıç was forced to spy on party activities by the Turkish police and received threats when he refused.
• IHD: Armored vehicles are causing deaths in Kurdistan 

  "The death caused by armored vehicles has continued from where it left off in Viranşehir," Mustafa Vefa, Head of IHD Urfa Branch, remarked.
• Şenyaşar family: 225 days demanding justice 

  The Şenyaşar family continues their struggle for justice. "For 225 days, a mother has been sitting in front of Şanlıurfa courthouse waiting for justice. Let the deputies and the media, silent to the cry of the mother, question their humanity."
• Political prisoners at Van's F-Type Prison report torture and abductions 

  Political prisoners at Van's F-Type Prison report torture and abductions. Accordingly, prisoners are taken to an unknown place and mistreated there.
• Political prisoners denied health care in Kürkçüler, Adana 

  Political prisoners in Turkey are denied the right to health care. Prisoner Fatih Özgür Aydin in Adana suffers from Crohn's disease and has lost a lot of weight.
• Aslan family, over 4 years looking for their son 

  The Aslan family has been searching for the remains of their son since March 2017, has not received any response from any government body.
• Human Rights Association: Ill prisoners should be released immediately 

  Ill prisoners Adem Amaç, Atilla Coşkun and Eser Morsümbül are running serious risk and should be released immediately, said the Human Rights Association.
• Şenyaşar family, 222 days demanding justice  

  The Şenyaşar family continues their vigil for justice at home during the weekend. The vigil has reached day 222.
• Lawyer Vefa: Systematic torture in Urfa police station in the past 6 years 

  There is systematic torture in the police headquarters in Urfa. An inspection by the European Anti-Torture Committee did nothing to change that.
• HRW: Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran 

  Authorities in Turkey deny Afghans right to seek asylum.
• MED TUHAD-FED: Prisoners are under attack in Turkey’s jails 

  The Law and Solidarity Associations for Families of Prisoners and Convicts called attention to the increasing mistreatment in prisons and said, “Keeping silent means complicity.”