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'Operation Back to Life was a crime against humanity, but perpetrators are given impunity'

22ND ANNIVERSARY

'Operation Back to Life was a crime against humanity, but perpetrators are given impunity'

Human Rights Association said in a statement 22 years after the operation, "No effective investigation was carried out about the perpetrators of the massacre or about those responsible for it, they were even protected, and promoted. Ali Suat Ertosun, the General Director of Prisons of the time was awarded the Order of Merit in 2004 for his role in this massacre."

19 December 2022

Money transfers of relatives to prisoners examined in investigation

Money transfers of relatives to prisoners examined in investigation

Recent police operation against relatives of prisoners resulted in twenty-six detentions. Sending money or clothes to prisoners is included among the issues investigated.

16 December 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Not an Opponent but a Sociopath

HEALTH COLUMNS/ ÖZGÜR ERBAŞ

Not an Opponent but a Sociopath

To start a witch-hunt and to label people as “sociopaths” and even existing companies that benefit from it, can make a human crazy.

22 October 2015 Özgür Erbaş

F-Type Prison Warden Killed

F-Type Prison Warden Killed

İsmet Aktürk, F-Type Prison Warden of Kandıra district, was killed by a drive by shooting.

Gross Rights Violations Continue in F-Type Prisons

Gross Rights Violations Continue in F-Type Prisons

A 60-year-old inmate had been denied medical care because she didn't speak Turkish and even popular columnists' writings are banned in Sincan F-Type prison facilities, according to the latest report by ÇHD.

21 December 2011 Ayça Söylemez

"Right to Conversation” Still Not Fully Exercised in F–Type Prisons

"Right to Conversation” Still Not Fully Exercised in F–Type Prisons

The Istanbul branch of the Contemporary Lawyers Association has spoken with 200 inmates in five prisons. According to their report, there are problems regarding the right to health; the complaints of the prisoners are being swept under the carpet, arbitrary disciplinary punishments violate basic rights.

154 Inmates on Hunger Strike in Erzurum

154 Inmates on Hunger Strike in Erzurum

Mainly Kurdish inmates are protesting rights violations, such as arbitrary ban on publications in Kurdish. The hunger strike entered its 39th day. Rights defenders urge the government to act, warning that four inmates' health is deteriorating.