Violations of human rights in prisons of Tekirdağ, Sincan, Tarsus and Konya are increasing.
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Violations of human rights in prisons increasing
Category: Turkey
Turkey’s human rights record reviewed at UN
Turkey’s human rights record is examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time today. The session at UN Geneva headquarters is attended by UN member states and civil society organizations.
The UN will discuss Turkey’s human rights record
Turkey’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Tuesday, 28 January 2020.
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Ill prisoner passed away in Turkey prisons
Nebi Ilhan, who was in Siirt E Type Prison, died in the hospital where he was being treated. Nurcan Bakır, who was transferred to another prison after her participation in the hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan, has ended her life.
Kurdish journalists sentences years in prisons
The Turkish regime’s repressive measures against the Kurdish press continue. İsmail Çoban, Azadiya Welat editor in chief sentenced to 7,5 years in prison. Kurdish journalist Osman Akın has been given to a suspended sentence in Turkey because of an article with the title “Repression against prisoners from Afrin”
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Violations of rights in Van prisons increase
Violations of human rights in Turkish and Kurdish jails continue to increase. New violations of rights emerge almost on a daily basis in Van F Type, Van T Type and Van High Security prisons where political prisoners are held.
Women protest against ‘child abuse amnesty’
In more than forty cities in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan, women have taken to the streets to protest against a draft law on sexual abuse of minors. The ruling party AKP wants to suspend the execution of the sentence of convicted offenders if they marry their victims and the age difference between them does not exceed ten years.
KCDP Platform: 474 women murdered in Turkey in 2019
The platform “We will stop the murder of women” (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, KCDP) has presented an annual report on male violence against women and children in Turkey. The platform points to the rising number of feminicide and criticises that the authorities are not as committed as women to complying with laws and the Istanbul Convention.
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