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Information File about the Political Background oft he Hunger Strikes Hunger Strikes: Life as a means of pressureBy definition, the hunger strike is a form of passive resistance by an…
A foreign delegation, including European Parliament deputies, is in Amed to express their support to DTK co-chair Leyla Güven. Sinn Fein and Labour party MEPs Martina Anderson and Julia Ward are part of the delegation which includes also human rights defender Wendy Lyon of Ireland, UK human rights lawyer Margaret Owen and Italian lawyer Simonetta Crisci and Rosella Santi.
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Amed Bar Association Prisons Commission, Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed Chapter Prisons Commission, Libertarian Lawyers Association (OHD), Diyarbakir Chamber of Medicine Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Foundation Turkey (TIHV) Representation Office have formed a platform to monitor the situation of prisoners on hunger strikes and the practices seen in prisons.
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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Serious human rights violations have been seen in the Kurdistan Region. The family, the society and the government violate women’s rights in the Kurdistan Region. There was an armed attack against the Sulaymaniyah Center Against Violence Against Women on November 29, 2018.
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IHD Co-chair Eren Keskin pointed out that there has been a sytsemic isolation in place in Imrali for the last 19 years and stated that the isolation has spread outside of Imrali.
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The Human Rights Association (IHD) held a press conference to present the report on the violation of rights in Urfa No.1 and No. 2 T Type Prisons. Urfa Medical Chamber and SES Urfa Branch also joined the press conference at the IHD offices.