HUMAN RIGHTS

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• 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.”
• Şenyaşar family: Our resistance will not end until justice is served 

  The resistance of the Şenyaşar family has entered 220th day. The family said that they would not abandon the resistance until justice is served.
• Lawyer Eren Baskin: de facto state of emergency in Hakkari 

  IHD Hakkari branch executive, lawyer Eren Baskin, said that a de facto state of emergency was implemented in the entire region.
• Refugee woman attacked by racist neighbours and insulted by the police 

  The Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association denounced that a refugee woman was first attacked by neighbours and later insulted at a police station in Istanbul.
• Political prisoners describe their conditions, calling for immediate action 

  Political prisoners in Izmir have made their detention conditions public in a letter and call for support from human rights organizations.
• MEBYA-DER: Authorities deliberately delay delivery of guerrilla' remains to families 

  MEBYA-DER found that the Turkish state did not deliver the guerrilla's remains to their families despite their identification and added that this for the families was another torture.
• UN demands Libya inquiry into shooting of escaping migrants 

  Libyan security forces used "unnecessary and disproportionate" force to detain African migrants, shooting dead some of those trying to escape, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday as it demanded an inquiry into the violence.
• Refugees in Italian graveyard get reburied in mass grave 

  As relatives of those seeking refuge who drowned on the way to Europe have found out, the bodies buried in Italy were excavated and reburied in a mass grave. According to the authorities, for “lack of space” in the graveyard.
• Violations of rights increase in Silivri prison 

  In Silivri Prison, the guards raided the wards, arbitrarily moved prisoners from wards and blocks and cut off communication between the prisoners.
• Pressure against inmates on the rise in Kandıra prison 

  Pressure against prisoners has increased in the Kandıra Prison. Former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Figen Yüksekdağ, who is held in Kandıra Prison, said, “The government is directly responsible for possible deaths.”
• Dozens of political prisoners face torture by guards in Tekirdağ jail 

  Dozens of political prisoners were subjected to torture by guards in Tekirdağ, where they were transferred from Kırıkkale.