10 more of the detainees were referred to the Urfa Courthouse. Abdullah Buga, Abdurrahman Ciftci, Ahmet Yildirim, Ali Zencirkiran, Kenan Yildirim, Mehmet Kacar, Mehmet Hayri Ciftci, Mustafa Ciftci, Muslum Yildirim and Sinan Yildirim gave their statements to the prosecutor on allegations of “aiding and abetting a terrorist organization” and were referred to the Criminal Court of Peace with a demand for their “parole”.
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International award for Amed Bar Association
The Amed Bar Association has been awarded the 2018 Ludovic Trarieux Jury Prize for their efforts for human rights, their actions and the pain it has suffered.
Dinç: Ban on contact with Imralı still in effect
The Turkish government has lifted the contact ban for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. His lawyers continue to see the ban in effect as only one visit has been approved since the decision made in April.
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Prisoners’ mothers tortured with strip searches
The mothers who were detained on Thursday and Friday as they were holding a vigil in front of the Bakirköy Prison to draw attention to the hunger strikes and death fasts in prisons against the Imrali isolation were taken to the Istanbul Vatan Police Headquarters Security Department Directorate where they were subjected to strip searches and insults.
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IHD: Enable contact with Öcalan!
The Human Rights Association has called for the immediate removal of Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation. IHD in Diyarbakir an event was held by relatives of the “disappeared” has called for the immediate removal of Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation.
Legal consultations for prisoners on hunger strike restricted
In the prisons in Van province, the right to solicitor consultations for hunger strikers has been restricted.Reports of arbitrary treatment and repression of hunger strikers in the prisons of Turkey and Northern Kurdistan are on the rise.
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Iraqi President Salih sent draft bill on genocide against Yazidis
In 2014 Sinjar, home to Yazidi ethno-religious minority, was the site of what the United Nations called an ISIS-led genocidal campaign.
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ÖHD Prison Commission announced report on hunger strikes
ÖHD co-chair lawyer Raziye Turgut pointed out that the prisoners who have been on hunger strike since 16 December have already overcome the critical stage.
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