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• 83-year-old seriously ill prisoner Özkan's condition worsening 

  83-year-old seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan is in severe condition. Özkan was hospitalized 4 times in 4 days.
• 'Human Rights Agenda in the Post-pandemic Era' Symposium kicks off today  

  The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) organised an international online symposium called 'Human rights agenda in the post-pandemic era'. The symposium opens today and will last three days. Keynote speech today by philosopher Etienne Balibar.
• HDP pays visit to Şenyaşar family 

  HDP Derik and Mazıdağı district organization executives visited the Şenyaşar family which is holding a justice vigil in Urfa province.
• The Şenyaşar Family sits for the 72nd day in front of Urfa courthouse demanding justice 

  The Şenyaşar Family has been carrying out the vigil for justice for 72 days. The family emphasized once again that the murderers of their relatives are free and called on the public to stand by them.
• ECtHR convicts Turkey in RedHack case for violation of freedom of expression and press 

  Arrested for having reported on the hacked emails of the then Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Albayrak, journalists Kanaat and Öğreten will be paid damages as the ECtHR has concluded that their freedom of expression and press was violated.
• Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar begin 71st day of vigil for justice  

  Emine and her son Ferit Şenyaşar said: "We will not lose our hope" and called for solidarity on the 71st day of their vigil for justice.
• Child labor in Turkey: About 60 minors die at work every year 

  Child labor is widespread in Turkey. Lawyer Ömer Sansarkan of the Amed Bar Association's Child Rights Center reports seven recorded child labor deaths in April alone.
• Turkish police murdered 404 citizens including 93 children in 14 years 

  The Baran Tursun Foundation said that Turkish police killed 404 people, 93 of them children, in 14 years in a recent report on police violence in Turkey.
• Iran executes young Kurdish man in Ilam 

  The Iranian state executed a young Kurdish man in the city of Ilam, East Kurdistan
• International Week of Struggle against enforced disappearances kicks off on 17 May 

  The International Week of Struggle against Disappearances will take place from 17 to 31 May, ICAD International Bureau said, adding: "The Turkish state that has committed a crime against humanity and should be put on trial."
• IHD exposes situation of ill prisoners  

  Statements were made in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir to emphasize the situation of ill prisoners Ismail Tamboğa, Emin Aladağ and Ekim Polat.
• Saturday Mothers ask about the fate of Aksoy and Cingöz 

  Edip Aksoy and Orhan Cingöz were checked and taken away by plainclothes police in Amed in 1995. They have been missing ever since. The Istanbul Saturday Mothers demand that their fate be clarified.
• Another disciplinary sentence given to Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned Turkey for 22 years, has again been sanctioned with a disciplinary sentence.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 170 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 170th day. The hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 149 days and in Greece for 132 days.
• Prisoners displaying coronavirus symptoms not tested 

  A prisoner in Silivri No 5 L Type Closed Prison in Istanbul revealed that prisoners who display coronavirus symptoms are not tested.
• The vigil for justice of Şenyaşar family reaches day 67 

  The Şenyaşar family continues their vigil for justice on its 67th day. Today they addressed the Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül and said: "We will not give up our just cause."
• Human Rights Association: Hunger strikers are determined to go on until their demands are met 

  Mehmet Acettin from the Hunger Strikes Monitoring Commission said that prisoners demand the end of isolation and added: "They are determined not to end the hunger strike before this legitimate demand is met."
• Women prisoners in Sincan call on people to support the hunger strike resistance 

  The prisoners in Sincan Women's Closed Prison called on people to support the hunger strike resistance and said: "We will continue our action until we reach our goal."
• Freedom of expression increasingly curtailed in Kurdistan Region of Iraq - UN report 

  “The key findings of this report are of serious concern, particularly the behaviour of the security apparatus, the selective application of laws and the lack of compliance with relevant legal procedures and international human rights standards.”
• 78 bar associations in Turkey endorse the Istanbul Convention 

  "The duty of the state is to protect the rights and lives of individuals, to eliminate inequality and discrimination and to provide a non-violent environment and the right to life. We urge the authorities to revoke the withdrawal decision," said 78 bars.
• Şenyaşar family: Everything in this case is clear, but there is no law and justice 

  The Şenyaşar family continued their vigil for justice in Urfa. "Everything in this case is clear, but there is no law and justice," the family said.
• Police delete file on Kurdish refugee Amed Ahmed 

  The original file of Amed Ahmed, who died in a fire in his cell after being arbitrarily detained by the German police, was deleted. His family filed a criminal complaint against the police.
• Situation in Diyarbakır Women's Prison deteriorating 

  Political prisoner Emine Abiş said in a telephone conversation with her daughter that there is an increase in corona cases in Diyarbakır women's prison.
• UN experts confirm Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis 

  UN team investigating atrocities in Iraq established convincing evidence that Islamic State extremists committed genocide "against the Yazidis as a religious group" with the intent "to destroy the Yazidis physically and biologically."
• Şenyaşar family action for justice continues on its 64th day 

  The resistance of Emine Şenyaşar, who lost her husband and two sons in 2018, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who was injured in the attack, continues demanding the prosecution of those responsible.