The Turkish state arrested Silêman Mele Şêxo, who was injured in the bombing it carried out against the village of Bigdadê in Kani Masi in South Kurdistan.
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HRW: Turkey must immediately release Kurdish politician
Human Rights Watch (HRW) confirmed that Turkey’s continued detention of the co-chair of the HDP and eight other parliamentarians is a reminder of the ability of the executive authority in Turkey to influence the judicial procedures.
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Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Daily Report 19
Torture and Ill-Treatment in Prison…: It is learned from the news coverage of November 18, 2020 that, in Ağrı Patnos L Type Prison, prisoners were not given hot water and the water provided was dirty.
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Up to 25 years imprisonment sought for Leyla Güven
In the trial against Kurdish politician Leyla Güven, the public prosecutor’s office has requested a sentence of up to 25 years in prison for “founding and directing a terrorist organization”, although the main prosecution witness withdrew her statement.
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Family Kurkut: Kemal was murdered once again
The Kurkut family responded to the acquittal in the case of Kemal Kurkut, a 23-year-old university student who was murdered by a policeman in the Newroz celebration in Amed (Diyarbakir) in 2017, stating that justice is once again murdered.
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Daily Report
Sexual Assault of Security Staff at Repatriation Center in Van…: It is learned from the news coverage of November 14, 2020 that, an Iranian woman Z. M. who was kept in Kurubaş Repatriation Center of Provincial Directorate of Migration Management in Van, was subjected to sexual assault of 2 security officers (İ. H. K. and Y. V.) on July 26, 2020.
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Key figure in Suruç suicide attack case avoids prosecution
The 16th hearing of the case, in which 33 people lost their lives in an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suicide attack on 20 July 2015, was held at the Urfa Courthouse 5th Criminal Court. The decision has been made not to prosecute Abdullah Ömer Aslan, one of the key figures in the Suruç suicide attack case.
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453 women killed in Turkey over the last 10 months
Four hundred and fifty-three women were killed in Turkey in the first 10 months of the year, according to a report by the the Centre for Sociopolitical Field Studies. The report is prepared by collecting data from various websites, such as the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, Bianet, Jîn News, and the Mesopotamia News Agency.
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