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.
HDP report on Turkey’s prisons
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IHD report on Prisons
The Human Rights Association (IHD) Central Prisons Commission released a report called “Ongoing Hunger Strike Detection and Evaluation Report on Turkey’s prisons”.
IHD:Human Rights Violations Report of 2018
Human Rights Association (IHD) Amed Branch has published the report of rights violations in Northern Kurdistan in 2018. The IHD pointed out that the State of Emergency has helped a transformation in government which “gradually move away from the democratic rule of law introducing political control of the judiciary.
Asrin Law Office: The isolation continues in Imrali
Asrin Law Office issued a written statement on the meeting Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan had with his brother Mehmet Ocalan.
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Yoleri: To be alive doesn’t mean to enjoy rights
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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HRW report human rights violations in Turkey
There is a growing global trend to confront the abuses of headline-grabbing autocrats, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today in launching its World Report 2019. Within the European Union, at the United Nations, and around the world, coalitions of states, often backed by civic groups and popular protests, are pushing back against anti-rights populists.
Hunger Strikes: Life as a means of pressure
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…
Lawyers and MEPs: Hunger strike to continue until isolation lifted
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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