HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply for a visit to Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit to their client.
• UN calls on 57 countries to repatriate their nationals held in Hol camp 

  Fifty-seven countries have women and children living in detention camps in northeast Syria, a United Nations expert Fionnuala Ni Aolain said, calling on states to repatriate their nationals immediately.
• Family applies to prosecutor to establish whether body found in Sur belongs to their son 

  The body found in Sur during the excavation is believed to belong to Hakan Arslan. The Arslan family applied to the Prosecutor General's office to get a DNA test result.
• HDP promotes "Justice for All" campaign 

  With the "Justice for All" campaign, the HDP declares the abolition of the social structure of inequality in Turkey to be the core of its political work: "It is in our hands to remove the injustices."
• UK campaigners launch 'Free Selahattin Demirtas' petition 

  The “Free Selahattin Demirtas” campaign launched in the UK is gathering signatures on a petition demanding that Turkey complies with December’s European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that the former HDP co-chair should be released.
• Four more students arrested in Istanbul 

  Four other students have been arrested in the wake of the protests at Boğaziçi University. The number of students sent to prison since the beginning of the year has increased to eight.
• Saturday Mothers: Where is the grave of Maksut Tepeli? 

  At their weekly vigil, the Istanbul Saturday Mothers addressed the fate of Maksut Tepeli, a teacher who disappeared 37 years ago after being arrested. His family wants to know where his grave is.
• Hunger strike in Turkish jails reached 72nd day 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners entered the 72nd day of hunger strike against isolation. Solidarity hunger strikes are being carried out in Maxmur Camp and Lavrio Refugee Camp in Greece.
• Two young women strip searched  

  Two young women who were detained during a demonstration in support of Boğaziçi University in Izmir were strip searched.
• Cizire Region Lawyers Association joins "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign 

  Cizire Region Lawyers Association has joined the "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign. The lawyers say they want to defend Öcalan in courts.
• Prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu prison denounces beating and torture 

  A prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu L Type Closed Prison, Sedat Karak, denounced that he and four of his friends were tortured by the guards and that they had fractures in their hands, feet and heads.
• Call for international action against arbitrary detentions of Kurds and activists in Iran 

  Joint Letter: Urgent international action needed to secure release of Kurdish activists and others arbitrarily detained in Iran.
• Musa Anter case may end up being dropped due to the statute of limitations 

  Dicle Anter says his father’s case faces risk of being dropped in 18 months due to statute of limitations.
• European human rights ambassadors call for immediate release of Osman Kavala 

  Eight European rights ambassadors have in a joint declaration called for the immediate release of renowned activist Osman Kavala, expressing “great concern” over negative developments regarding the rule of law, human rights and judiciary in Turkey.
• Trade Unionists arrived Ankara: We will not obey the AKP 

  The Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions (KESK) members, who protest dismissals and deportation of their colleagues, arrived in Ankara. The unionists emphasized that they would not obey the AKP-MHP government saying "Together we will win".
• Iranian soldiers kill kolbar in the province of Urmia 

  Iranian soldiers attacked a group of kolbar (transborder workers) in the border region of the province of Urmia, in East Kurdistan. One kolber lost his life.
• Kurds join demo in Berlin in solidarity with Tamil  

  Tamil organizations, together with internationalists, call for an investigation into the war crimes of the government of Sri Lanka at a rally organised in Berlin today.
• Gülmez: Öcalan’s isolation aimed at suppressing the Kurdish society 

  Co-chair of DBP Amed Provincial Association, Seval Gülmez said: "The regime has extended the injustice on Imrali to the whole country."
• Repression against prisoners on hunger strike in Van 

  The hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkish jails has been continuing for 70 days. The co-chair of the prisoners' aid association TUHAY-DER in Van, Kudret Temel, reported repression against the prisoners.
• Amnesty International launches urgent action for Zeynab Jalalian 

  The human rights organization Amnesty International has launched an urgent action for Zeynab Jalalian. The Kurdish woman imprisoned in Iran is seriously ill and being tortured. She is denied medical treatment because she shows no remorse.
• HRW denounces illegal transfers of nationals from northeast Syria to Turkey to face trial 

  “Turkish authorities, as an occupying power, are required to respect people’s rights under the law of occupation in northeastern Syria, including the prohibition on arbitrary detention and on the transfer of people to their territory” said HRW.
• Swedish Parliament discusses Iran's crackdown on the Kurds and civil society 

  As the wave of repression on the East Kurdistan civil society rolls on, the number of arrested people has risen to 95. The Kurdish parliamentarian in the Swedish parliament, Amineh Kakabaveh, is outraged by the ignorance in Europe.
• Prisoners in Turkey on 67th day of hunger strike against isolation 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners entered the 67th day of hunger strike against isolation. Solidarity hunger strikes are being carried out in Maxmur Camp and Lavrio Refugee Camp in Greece.
• Prison negligence results in man losing his sight 

  Yusuf Bor was not allowed to continue eye treatment after he was imprisoned and as a result, lost his sight.
• Prisoners in Turkey enter 66th day of hunger strike against isolation 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners entered the 66th day of hunger strike against isolation. Solidarity hunger strikes are being carried out in Maxmur Camp and Lavrio Refugee Camp in Greece.