HUMAN RIGHTS

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• PJAK protests rights violations and arrests in Iran 

  Over a hundred Kurdish activists have been arrested in Rojhilat since the beginning of the year. PJAK protested against the mass arrest in The Hague and called on the international community to act.
• Prison guards raid wards with dogs in Urfa 

  Rights violations in Turkey’s prisons continue increasingly as no action is taken to stop the inhumane and unlawful conditions of detention.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 86 

  The hunger strike launched in prisons against the Imrali isolation continues on its 86th day. The solidarity hunger strike launched in Maxmur continues on its 65th day and in Greece on its 48th.
• 124 lawsuits and almost 27 years prison sentences against Eren Keskin  

  A total of 124 lawsuits were filed against IHD co-chair Eren Keskin. The total prison sentences against Keskin amount to 26 years 9 months and 20 days.
• Rights and legal organizations denounce abduction of civilians by state forces 

  Rights and law organizations filed a criminal complaint, drawing attention to the abduction and torture of Kurds and dissidents by state forces.
• HRW denounces massive police violence against students in Turkey 

  Human Rights Watch has expressed sharp criticism of the Turkish authorities' handling of the Boğaziçi protests and called for the release of the arrested students.
• KON-MED calls on people to join Hanau's victims commemoration 

  KON-MED called on people to join memorials to pay tribute to the victims of the 19 February 2020 right-wing terrorism attack in Hanau.
• Germany pays tribute to victims of 2020 right-wing terrorism attack in Hanau 

  On 19 February 2020, Ferhat Unvar, Said Nesar Hashemi, Vili Viorel Păun, Mercedes Kierpacz, Sedat Gürbüz, Kaloyan Velkov, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Gökhan Gültekin and Hamza Kurtović were murdered by a right-wing terrorist in Hanau. Today Germany remembers them.
• Lawyer Acun: Isolation is a consequence of the deadlock policies regarding the Kurdish issue 

  Lawyer Berdan Acun from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom said, "The reason for the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is the deadlock policies regarding the Kurdish issue."
• HDP: Co-mayor of Hakkari was tortured 

  HDP Co-Chairperson Ümit Dede said, "Our Hakkari Municipality Co-mayor was tortured through strip-search. The problems in prisons stem from the isolation in İmralı."
• "House arrest is manifestation of Imrali isolation" 

  Recently, with the political genocide operations, the impositions of "house arrest" are also increasing. At a press conference, political parties and human rights organizations sharply criticized this practice.
• Sit-in action in Amed for prisoners on hunger strike 

  Political prisoners have been on hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons since 27 November to end the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the violations of rights in prisons.
• Switzerland wants to deport HDP activist Hünkar Arslan to Turkey 

  Despite the risk of arrest, Switzerland wants to deport HDP activist Hünkar Arslan to Turkey on Friday. The migrant self-organization ROTA wants to prevent this and calls for protests in front of Bässlergut prison in Basel.
• PKK-PAJK: Let's increase the resistance with joint creative actions! 

  PKK-PAJK Prison Committee saluted the resistance in prisons in a statement released on the anniversary of the 15 February Conspiracy.
• Hunger strikes against isolation in Turkish prisons reach day 81 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has been taken over by the 17th group and reached day 81. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur Camp leaves two months behind, and 43 in Greece.
• Human Rights Association demands release of 62-year-old ill prisoner Tetik 

  IHD Izmir Branch pointed out that the 62-year-old prisoner Ali Tetik suffers from prostate cancer, mass in the kidneys, high blood pressure, and demanded his immediate release adding that he is not being treated in prison.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners call everyone to be a voice for their resistance 

  Deniz Kaya issued a written statement on behalf of PKK and PAJK prisoners drawing attention to the 15 February conspiracy, special war policies aimed at breaking the hunger strike resistance and the imposition of repentance in the new penal execution law.
• Soldiers beat me and then shot me, says Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları 

  A twenty-year-old was allegedly shot in the back by soldiers in Van. Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları reports on the army attack, in which he was heavily injured.
• Peace in Kurdistan's Women Alliance says Öcalan release essential to a solution of Kurdish question 

  Öcalan immediate release is essential to bring an end to conflict and a peaceful resolution to the so-called Kurdish question, said Peace in Kurdistan’s Women Alliance.
• ECtHR: HADEP politicians wrongly convicted 

  Turkey wrongfully convicted ten HADEP politicians from Siirt twenty years ago over a sit-in against state "disappearances" and must now pay compensation. The ECtHR considers the right to freedom of assembly to have been violated.
• Ill prisoner Tenzile Acar should be released, says her mother 

  Tenzile Acar, a sick prisoner in Bakırköy prison, was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Her mother Rasmiye Acar stated that her daughter was "on the verge of death" and asked for her to be released immediately.
• IHD: The tear gas canister that killed baby Mehmet was destroyed! 

  The Human Rights Association has revealed that the gas canister that killed 16-month-old Mehmet Uytun disappeared. Mehmet Uytun lost his life as a result of a gas canister thrown by a soldier hitting his head while he was in his mother's lap.
• Five people were executed in Iraq 

  Five people convicted of "terrorism" and held in Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq were executed.
• Medical condition of young man shot by the Turkish soldier still critical 

  The medical condition of Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları, who was injured by the fire opened by Turkish soldiers in Van, is still critical.
• Police in Cizre attack people paying tribute to those killed in "basements of horror" 

  Those who were killed in the basements by the Turkish state in Cizre were commemorated today. Police attacked the commemoration event. Participants said "Fascism has a short life span; we will get rid of this hell".