HUMAN RIGHTS

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• HDP: AKP-MHP favours capital, persecutes workers 

  HDP co-chair Şaziye Köse said that the AKP-MHP government persecuted workers during the epidemic period, and said that Code-29 should be terminated.
• Kurdish activist Nazdar Ecevit still faces deportation to Turkey 

  The political activist, former prisoner and survivor of Cizre massacre, Nazdar Ecevit, is to be deported to Turkey. A first attempt to deport her failed thanks to public pressure. However, the danger persists.
• HDP celebrates International Roma Day 

  The HDP issued a statement to mark 8 April, International Roma Day. In the statement the HDP said that that Roma are exposed to racist attacks in Turkey.
• Lawyer Yıldız: Prisoners have no alternative to the hunger strike to make their voice heard 

  Lawyer Destine Yıldız spoke on the situation of prisoners and said that they have no alternative to the hunger strike. They have no other way of making their voice heard.
• Lawyers file complain against police for boy injured by armored vehicle 

  A criminal complaint was filed against the police who injured a 12-year-old boy with an armored vehicle in Yüksekova.
• New application by Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers filed a new application demanding an "urgent visit" with their client.
• Kurdish refugee Ibrahim Ergün laid to rest in Muş 

  Kurdish refugee Ibrahim Ergün was buried in his hometown Bulanık, near Muş. The 24-year-old had committed suicide in a Greek detention center. He was interned there for seventeen months.
• Guards in Elazığ Prison raid wards and attack prisoners 

  Guards in Elazığ Prison raided the wards and attacked three prisoners, including 60-year-old Mahmut Çakmak.
• HDP co-chair Buldan pays tribute to Plaza de Mayo Mother Carmen Cobo 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan sent a message to Argentinan Plaza de Mayo Mothers after learning of the death of one of their founders, Carmen Cobo.
• ÖHD: Gergerlioğlu's freedom and life are at stake 

  Lawyers’ association ÖHD criticized the detention of deposed HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and the abuses during his arrest.
• Dramatic human rights situation in Rojhilat 

  Iran continues to drive a hard line against the Kurdish part of the population. This is evidenced by data from the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), which presented a recent monthly report on the human rights situation in Rojhilat.
• ISIS members transferred to political prisoners' sections in Amed 

  ISIS members have been transferred to political prisoners' sections in two detention centers in Amed. According to relatives, the prisoners are threatened by ISIS members.
• Italian city of Rende grants honorary citizenship to Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Italian city of Rende has awarded the honorary citizenship to Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP demands information on deputy Gergerlioğlu 

  The HDP Press Office issued a statement on the detention of HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and his transfer to hospital late on Friday night. "The public should be informed about his health immediately," said the statement.
• Gergerlioğlu taken to hospital after complaining of heart and chest pain 

  HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was taken to the hospital following his arrest as he suffered from chest and heart pain.
• Families of fallen guerrillas to pay damages 

  The relatives of fallen guerrilla fighters are being attacked by the Turkish state at all levels. In addition to the desecration of corpses and the destruction of graves, the families are being sued by the state for compensation.
• Human Rights Organisation: The hunger strikes in prison enter critical stage 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Ankara Branch President Fatin Kanat spoke to ANF about the ongoing hunger strikes in prisons demanding the end of isolation in Imrali. Kanat reminded that the hunger strikes, on the 127th day, have reached a critical stage.
• Jailed journalist Nedim Türfent joins the hunger strike against isolation 

  "As all our rights have been suspended, I am going on a 5-day hunger strike to raise a voice against isolation. Ending of isolation will give all of us a breath," said Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent who has been behind bars since May 2016.
• Lawyer Şeker says isolation of Öcalan is a political message 

  “The isolation of Öcalan concerns not only the prisoners on hunger strike but also all of us. It concerns the whole society. All citizens demand justice in Turkey. Therefore, we must all fulfill our responsibilities,” said lawyer Bünyamin Şeker of ÖHD.
• Activists from Stuttgart take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 458 

  A group of activists from Stuttgart took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 458.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 125 

  The hunger strike launched in prisons against the Imrali isolation continues on its 125th day. The solidarity hunger strike launched in Maxmur continues on its 104th day and in Greece on its 87st.
• Turkish authorities protect murderers in Şenyaşar case 

  Şenyaşar family's lawyers maintained that the Turkish judiciary and institutions acted in favour of the murderers.
• 18th group of Kurdish refugees takes over hunger strike in Greek camp 

  The 18th group took over the hunger strike in Lavrio camp, in Greece, demanding the end to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply to visit Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan have once again applied to visit their client in Imrali.
• Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar resume Vigil for Justice after being released 

  Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar have been released and resumed their Vigil for Justice in front of the courthouse in Urfa.