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• IHD: Women are specifically targeted during the usurpation of municipalities 

  The IHD stated that the AKP-MHP government attacked the will of the people by usurping municipalities, and female co-chairs were deliberately targeted.
• Resistance of Şenyaşar family marks its 162nd day 

  The resistance of the Şenyaşar family is continuing on its 162nd day.
• Hunger strike in prisons reaches day 264 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 264th day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 243 and day 226 in Greece.
• Saturday Mothers: “The state murders, the judiciary protects” 

  Saturday Mothers declared that state authorities tortured and murdered them while the Turkish judiciary shielded the criminals.
• Şenyaşar family: "Leave politics for a minute and empathize with people suffering" 

  The Şenyaşar family said: "Leave politics for a minute and empathize with people who are suffering."
• 19 prisoners in Giresun Espiye L Type Closed Prison test positive for Covid-19 

  19 prisoners in Giresun Espiye L Type Closed Prison tested positive for Covid-19.
• IHD demands full investigation of racist attack on Syrian refugees in Ankara 

  The human rights association demanded a full investigation of the racist attack on refugees from Syria in Ankara. The streets in the neighbourhood of Altındağ remain tense, and many Syrians have left.
• Baş family: Our son died of negligence 

  The father of Adar Baş who was released from jail while he was in intensive care, said that his son died as a result of negligence. “His hands were handcuffed while he was in intensive care,” father Baş said.
• Turkey’s crimes in North-East Syria to be monitored and reported to the UN 

  Neda Meleki, advisor of Sara Organisation to Combat Violence Against Women, remarked that the atrocities of the Turkish state in the border region constitute a crime according to the UN laws.
• Resistance of Şenyaşar family outside Urfa Courthouse marks its 157th day  

  The resistance of the Şenyaşar family marks its 157th day. Mother Emine Şenyaşar said that the authorities know nothing but persecution.
• IHD Co-Chair: It is a crime to deliver mortal remains by post 

  IHD Co-Chair lawyer Öztürk Türkdoğan said that post delivery of the body of HPG guerrilla Mahsum Aslan, who was martyred in an armed conflict, to his family is a hate crime and his family should file a criminal complaint against those responsible.
• Prisoners in Elazığ Prison No. 1 expose torture  

  Prisoners in Elazığ Prison No. 1 are subjected to torture under the pretext of 'forest fires'.
• ÖHD: Hunger strikes should be made the primary agenda 

  The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) raised concern over the prison resistance in Turkey urging that it should be made a major agenda as soon as possible.
• Hunger strike in prisons reaches day 256 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 256th day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 235 and day 218 in Greece.
• Behdinan activists' lawyers accuse Hewlêr of torture 

  The Behdinan activists' lawyers accuse Hewlêr of systematically mistreating and torturing political prisoners in Asayîş detention centres. The UN Aid Mission to Iraq also complains about torture by the secret service.
• Vigil for justice carried out by Şenyaşar family reaches day 152 

  On the 152nd day of their "vigil for justice", the Şenyaşar family said that "together they will get justice."
• IHD says delivering guerrilla remains by post is another attack on families 

  IHD Istanbul Branch chair, Gülseren Yoleri, said that sending guerrilla remains to their families by post is another way to attack them.
• HDP MP says AKP employs inhuman methods 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party MP Muazzez Orhan Işık reacted to the return of the moral remains of HPG guerrilla Mahsun Aslan to his family by post saying that that it is a new method of the dirty special war policies that have been going on for 40 years.
• 'Impunity policy encourages aggressive behavior' 

  Speaking to ANF about the racist massacres and attacks on Kurds, Amed Bar Association President Atty. Nahit Eren stated, "The judiciary and law enforcement's impunity policy encourages aggressive people."
• TMMOB pays solidarity visit to Şenyaşar family 

  Members of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) paid a solidarity visit to the Şenyaşar family that carries out a justice vigil to protest the massacre of family members by AKP members.
• ‘Wars and economic crises have increased alongside the isolation’ 

  The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) Amed Branch member Adile Salman said that wars, economic, political and social crises have increased alongside the isolation policies in Turkey.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 253 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 253rd day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 232 and day 215 in Greece.
• Remains of HPG guerrilla Mahsum Aslan sent by post 

  The remains of HPG guerrilla Mahsum Aslan, who fell a martyr as a result of an operation carried out by Turkish soldiers in Dersim, were sent by post.
• IHD and mothers in Amed call for the demands of prisoners on hunger strike to be met 

  Mothers of political prisoners in Turkey have made an urgent appeal to the public at the Human Rights Association in Amed, demanding the fulfillment of the demands of the hunger strike in prisons.
• Prisoner’s father complains about indifference, calls for support 

  Alan İkram Koçar’s son is on hunger strike in a Turkish prison. Koçar said that “Political prisoners want the isolation to end. We should also support them and, if necessary, participate in the hunger strike.”