Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
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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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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IHD Diyarbakir Chapter Minors Commission pointed out that the Turkish state has violated international treaties and said: “There are at least 743 children with their mothers in prisons.”
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The Prison Commission of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) released a report regarding the critical situation in the prisons of Turkey and the ongoing hunger strikes.
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Prisons Commission released a report called “Ongoing Hunger Strike Detection and Evaluation Report on Turkey’s prisons”.
Gülseren Yoleri, Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch President, told that the short visit with Öcalan was a way to spread confusion among activists on hunger strike. According to Yoleri, the fact that Öcalan lives does not mean that he is not deprived of his rights.
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According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Monday, December 3, Khoy Prison officials have told Zeinab Jalalian that she would not be able to visit her family upon an order by the Ministry of Intelligence.
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Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey director of Human Rights Watch, explains that the Anti-torture Committee is bound by clear standards: “It is unacceptable that Öcalan has not been able to receive any visitors for two years.”
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