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Deadly school bus accident in Afyon: Vehicle owner released

Deadly school bus accident in Afyon: Vehicle owner released

In the trial over the school bus accident that claimed the lives of five students in Afyon, the court board has ruled that vehicle owner İsmail D. shall be released and driver Adalettin Ş. shall remain in prison.

Deadly school bus accident | ‘I submitted 18 petitions, all were shelved’

Deadly school bus accident | ‘I submitted 18 petitions, all were shelved’

Wounded in the accident, Hakan’s mother says, “My son told me once, ‘Mom, you will find us on the mountain road one day, the minibus goes so fast.’ We found our children not on the mountain road but on a straight road.”

9 December 2021

Five children lose their lives in shuttle accident in Afyon

Five children lose their lives in shuttle accident in Afyon

A child who survived with minor bruises walked about a kilometer to a village to report the incident. The driver of the shuttle has been taken into custody.

11 October 2021

‘Boss’s car is more valuable than child’s health’

‘Boss’s car is more valuable than child’s health’

Speaking to bianet about the trial where a child worker is given a higher sentence than his bosses who battered him, lawyer Akbaş says, “This ruling has hurt public conscience in a similar way to the ruling on children 'who stole baklava' in Antep."

17 September 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Court ruling ignores violence against child worker

CHILD BATTERED IN AFYON

Court ruling ignores violence against child worker

The court board has given a higher sentence to the child worker battered by his employers for demanding his unpaid wage than the sentence given to the employers. The Child Rights Center has announced that it will appeal against the ruling.

17 September 2021

‘There are doubts in the file concerning the best interest of the child’

CHILD WORKER BATTERED

‘There are doubts in the file concerning the best interest of the child’

Defendants were not present in the trial over an incident where Ş.C.K. (16) was battered by his bosses. FİSA Children’s Rights Center’s involvement in the case was rejected; the new prosecutor gave a new opinion as to the accusations.

10 September 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

Seven injured in racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Afyon

Seven injured in racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Afyon

Two Kurdish families have been reportedly asked to leave the city after the incident.

Two siblings drown in an irrigation pond in Afyon

Two siblings drown in an irrigation pond in Afyon

Grazing cattle in a village in Afyon, two siblings at the ages of 21 and 10 have lost their lives by drowning in an irrigation pond where they went in to cool off.

‘It is very important that this case doesn’t end in impunity’

VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILD WORKER

‘It is very important that this case doesn’t end in impunity’

Ahead of the first hearing of the trial over violence against a child worker in Afyon, Ezgi Koman has called on everyone to stand up against the economic exploitation of children and impunity for violations of children’s rights.

14 April 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

One suspect arrested for battering child worker

One suspect arrested for battering child worker

The child’s attorney Elif Tuğba Şahin says that both her client and his family are really sad and afraid that the other suspect has been released on probation: “They are worried about their life safety.”

Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused

Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused

Attorney Şahin says that before the child was battered with sticks and iron bars, one of the suspects said to him, “Pull down your trousers, we will make the payment like that.”

10 March 2021 Ayşegül Özbek

‘Racist attacks are a result of government’s policy of impunity’

ATTACK ON KURDISH WORKERS

‘Racist attacks are a result of government’s policy of impunity’

HDP has released a statement about the armed attack on Kurdish workers in Afyon: “The antagonistic policies of the government against Kurdish people and its mindset breeding a lynch culture in society lead to this picture that we have today.”

15 September 2020

Armed attack on Kurdish workers claims one life, wounds two others

Armed attack on Kurdish workers claims one life, wounds two others

In an armed attack targeting Kurdish workers from Turkey’s eastern province of Van, worker Özkan T. has lost his life and workers Fırat T. and Emrah Ö. have been wounded in Turkey’s Aegean province of Afyon.

14 September 2020

Suspicious Suicide of Soldier in Afyon

Suspicious Suicide of Soldier in Afyon

It has been alleged that M.Ç., who was doing his mandatory military service in Afyon, shot himself to death while standing guard.

20 November 2018