HUMAN RIGHTS

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• International organisations submit expert opinion ahead of Saturday Mothers trial 

  The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) and ARTICLE 19 submitted an expert opinion in the case of Saturday Mothers ahead of the third hearing today.
• Families of prisoners call for support for resistance 

  The Justice Vigil launched by the families of prisoners in Amed (Diyarbakır) continued on its 8th day. Families called for support for their resistance.
• Heyva Sor sends emergency supplies to refugees on Polish-Belarusian border 

  Emergency supplies provided by Heyva Sor for refugees stuck at the Polish-Belarusian border are on their way.
• Vigil Justice for ill prisoners enters seventh day 

  The Vigil Justice launched in Amed for ill prisoners entered its 7th day. A call was made for public awareness.
• Video of police beating and arresting young man in Sur released 

  The moments when the police beat and detained Tacettin Aslan in the side streets of Sur in Amed were captured on camera. The young man was arrested on the grounds of "resistance to the police".
• Turkish state killed at least 228 children in 10 years 

  The Human Rights Association (İHD) Amed Branch made a statement to mark World Children's Day on 20 November, when the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted.
• TIHV report: Thirty-nine percent of Academics for Peace don't have a full-time job 

  The State of Emergency Commission is committing a crime by continuing the "de facto punishment" of the academics despite the Constitutional Court ruling, TİHV stated.
• Ill prisoners in Kürkçüler F Type Prison continue to be denied treatment 

  Fatih Özgür Aydın is in Kürkçüler F Type Prison. He could not be treated due to the "oral search" imposed on him.
• Families of ill prisoners on vigil for 3 days: We won’t stop until we get results! 

  The vigil of the relatives of ill prisoners at the Amed Bar Association is on the third day. Families vowed to continue their resistance until they get results.
• Efe: Torture is used for subjugation in today’s Turkey 

  Ümit Efe of the Human Rights Foundation in Turkey (TIHV) compares the practice of torture today with that after the 1980 military coup, saying that then torture was used to coerce statements; today it is used to subjugate.
• Şenyaşar family says prosecutor's duty is not to be a partner in crime 

  The Şenyaşar family slammed the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor saying that, “Your duty is not to 'participate in a crime' by covering up the massacre committed by the ruling party deputy and his family."
• HDP files criminal complaint against former intelligence official who confessed to torture 

  HDP filed a criminal complaint against former MIT Counter-Terrorism Department Head Mehmet Eymür and state officials who confessed to torture.
• Seriously ill prisoner Özkan bedridden. His daughter says: "Act now, tomorrow may be too late" 

  Selma Özkan, daughter of seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan, said that her father was now bedridden and could not even get on the phone. She called on everyone to act now, as "tomorrow may be too late."
• 165 workers died at work in the month of October, says Health and Safety Labor Watch 

  The Health and Safety Labor Watch released its monthly report on deaths in the workplace for October and recorded 165 deaths.
• Prisoner punished for dancing halay and writing in Kurdish 

  Mahmut Olgun a prisoner in Silivri jail, said that he was sentenced for dancing halay and writing books in Kurdish.
• Relatives of ill prisoners start Vigil for Justice at premises of Amed Bar Association 

  The relatives of ill prisoners started a Vigil for Justice in the premises of Amed Bar Association.
• Repression of women prisoners in Urmia resumes 

  After nearly two years of ill-treatment and torture in Urmia prison, new methods of pressure are now used against female prisoners who said that they would start protesting again.
• TIP MP Atay pays solidarity visit to Emine Şenyaşar's "Vigil for Justice” 

  TIP MP Barış Atay visited Emine Şenyaşar's "Vigil for Justice" and expressed his party's full solidarity with the senior citizen.
• Şenyaşar family: The President should apologize! 

  The Şenyaşar family continued their struggle for justice and recalled that AKP Deputy Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba said that “The President should apologize to the people of Urfa and this family.”
• Prisoners in Kırıklar jail call on people to expose repression they face 

  Prisoners in Kırıklar jail called for people to show sensitivity and added that repression under the new director turned into torture.
• Justice Vigil by Şenyaşar family reaches day 250 

  The Şenyaşar family continued the Justice Vigil on its 250th day.
• Two bodies found in the trenches dug by Turkish state for the wall along the Van-Iran border 

  Two bodies have been found so far in the trenches dug by the Turkish state for the wall that it continues to build on most of the Van-Iran (Rojhilatê Kurdistan) border.
• Hakkari Governor's Office extends ban on actions and activities for another 15 days 

  Hakkari Governor's Office extended the ban on actions and activities in the city for another 15 days.
• 9th prosecutor takes over the Şenyaşar Family massacre case 

  A 9th prosecutor has taken over the case concerning the murder of Şenyaşar Family members.
• Greece accuses Turkey of pushing migrants into Greek waters 

  Greek authorities accuse the Turkish coast guard of a life-threatening attempt to push a boat carrying migrants into Greek waters.