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Death-fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal not released
Death-fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal not released
Physicians of Forensic Medicine Institution who examined death fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have prepared a report indicating that “it is not suitable for them to stay in prison.” The court has rejected their request for release.
30 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Arrested lawyers must be released’
‘Arrested lawyers must be released’
Releasing a statement about the lawyers arrested as part of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) trial, the People’s Law Bureau (HHB) has stressed that all arrested lawyers, especially death fasting Timtik and Ünsal, must be released.
28 July 2020
Death fasting arrested lawyers referred to Forensic Medicine Institution
Death fasting arrested lawyers referred to Forensic Medicine Institution
The court has accepted the request that death fasting arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal be examined by the Forensic Medicine Institution.
27 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
CHP’s Çakırözer visits Osman Kavala, Ebru Timtik in prison
CHP’s Çakırözer visits Osman Kavala, Ebru Timtik in prison
Main opposition CHP MP Utku Çakırözer met businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 1,000 days, and lawyer Ebru Timtik, who has been on a death fast for her right to a fair trial for 207 days.
27 July 2020
‘Why am I on a death fast? Because I selfishly think of myself!’
‘Why am I on a death fast? Because I selfishly think of myself!’
On a death fast for his right to a fair trial, prisoner Karakaya has sent a letter to bianet: “I am thinking of myself and talking about myself with utterly ‘selfish’ feelings. I decided to go on a death fast by thinking of myself.”
20 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Court of Cassation seems to be waiting for their death to announce its ruling’
ARRESTED LAWYERS ON A DEATH FAST
‘Court of Cassation seems to be waiting for their death to announce its ruling’
Nermin Ünsal, the mother and attorney of death fasting arrested lawyer Aytaç Ünsal, notes that their appeal has been awaiting a judgement for 5 months: “I think they are waiting for their death, delaying the judgement till the end of judicial recess.”
20 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘What is the Court of Cassation waiting for,’ asks death-fasting arrested lawyer Ünsal
‘What is the Court of Cassation waiting for,’ asks death-fasting arrested lawyer Ünsal
On a death fast behind bars, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has sent a note for Ebru Timtik, another death-fasting arrested lawyer: “Join your lives with hers! Ask them on the phone, by fax and on every platform possible… What is the Court of Cassation waiting for?”
16 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Ebru Timtik weighs less than 40 kilos on the 203rd day of her death fast’
ARRESTED LAWYERS ON DEATH FAST
‘Ebru Timtik weighs less than 40 kilos on the 203rd day of her death fast’
Speaking to bianet, lawyer Sevimli has said, “In the current situation, the risk of death is gradually getting higher” while main opposition CHP’s Bekaroğlu has noted that a public pressure is a must for the state to respond to death fasts.
13 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel
‘Ebru Timtik has black discoloration on her hands, Aytaç Ünsal has muscle loss’
ARRESTED LAWYERS ON DEATH FAST
‘Ebru Timtik has black discoloration on her hands, Aytaç Ünsal has muscle loss’
While arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik has been on a death fast for 200 days, Aytaç Ünsal has been on a death fast for 159 days. Having visited them in prison, lawyers say that Timtik has sores on her throat, Ünsal suffers from muscle loss.
10 July 2020 Ruken Tuncel
Protest for death-fasting arrested lawyers at Ankara Courthouse
Protest for death-fasting arrested lawyers at Ankara Courthouse
A group of lawyers have opened a banner of “Fair trial is a right, accept their demands” for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast in prison for their right to a fair trial.
9 July 2020
Family of Mustafa Koçak files a criminal complaint for ‘wilful murder’
Family of Mustafa Koçak files a criminal complaint for ‘wilful murder’
The family of Koçak, a death-fasting prisoner who lost his life shortly after he was forced-fed and subjected to battery and sexual harassment while being tied to bed, has filed a criminal complaint against the officials responsible for his death.
29 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Aytaç Ünsal is very determined despite 143 days’
VISIT TO DEATH FASTING LAWYER IN PRISON
‘Aytaç Ünsal is very determined despite 143 days’
Lawyer Sönmez visited his colleague Aytaç Ünsal in prison. We have spoken with Sönmez about his impressions from his visit to the lawyer who has been on a death fast for his right to a fair trial, together with her arrested colleague Ebru Timtik.
25 June 2020 Sakine Orman
From Selahattin Demirtaş to Justice Minister: May death fasting lawyers live
From Selahattin Demirtaş to Justice Minister: May death fasting lawyers live
A message has been shared on the social media account of imprisoned former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş about arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial.
24 June 2020
How will ‘e-hearing’ affect trials in Turkey?
How will ‘e-hearing’ affect trials in Turkey?
Lawyer Dr. Güray Dağ raises concerns that the recently introduced method of “e-hearing” will cause problems in terms of both the principle of immediateness and in interrogations at court, especially when it comes to bringing out the truth.
17 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez
19 bar associations: May justice be served, Ebru and Aytaç live
19 bar associations: May justice be served, Ebru and Aytaç live
19 bar associations have expressed their support for arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial.
15 June 2020
Lawyers’ Demand for Fair Trial Supported by 11,631 Signatories from 46 Countries
Lawyers’ Demand for Fair Trial Supported by 11,631 Signatories from 46 Countries
11 thousand 631 people from 46 countries have expressed support for arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial.
5 June 2020
Death Fasting Lawyers’ Demand for Fair Trial is Legitimate, Say 1,273 Signatories
Death Fasting Lawyers’ Demand for Fair Trial is Legitimate, Say 1,273 Signatories
1,273 people have expressed their support for arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal on a death fast for their right to a fair trial: “We declare that we will keep working for a fair re-trial of the appealed files of Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal.”
2 June 2020
Lawyers from 20 Countries Submit 356 Petitions to Request Release of Arrested Lawyers
Lawyers from 20 Countries Submit 356 Petitions to Request Release of Arrested Lawyers
The Court of Cassation has started examining the file of the case where lawyers from the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) stood trial. Their colleagues from Turkey and 20 other countries have requested their release with 756 petitions.
1 June 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Let Their Demand for Justice be Heard So That Timtik and Ünsal Can Live’
CALL FOR DEATH FASTING LAWYERS
‘Let Their Demand for Justice be Heard So That Timtik and Ünsal Can Live’
Arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have been on a death fast for their right to a fair trial. Lawyers Güçlü Sevimli and Yaprak Türkmen and law apprentice Naim Feyzullah Eminoğlu have spoken to bianet about their colleagues.
25 May 2020 Evrim Kepenek
Application to Court of Cassation for Lawyer Ebru Timtik
Application to Court of Cassation for Lawyer Ebru Timtik
The attorneys of death fasting arrested lawyer Ebru Timtik have applied to the Court of Cassation and requested her release, indicating that her immune system has collapsed and prison conditions pose her a risk amid coronavirus outbreak.
20 May 2020
Former MP Mahmut Alınak Released
Former MP Mahmut Alınak Released
Arrested for three months, writer and politician Mahmut Alınak has been released in his first hearing.
13 May 2020
Bar Association Chairs: Do You Know How Lawyers Sentenced to 159 Years in Prison?
Bar Association Chairs: Do You Know How Lawyers Sentenced to 159 Years in Prison?
Sharing a video that features the unlawful acts in the lawsuit filed against the lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), 16 bar association chairs ask, “Do you know how 18 lawyers have been sentenced to over 159 years in prison?”
8 April 2020
2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast
2 Arrested Lawyers from Progressive Lawyers Association Go on a Death Fast
The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have turned their hunger strike into a death fast. While Timtik was on the 94th day of her hunger strike, Ünsal was on the 63rd day.
6 April 2020
Death Fasting Inmate Koçak: Living is Very Beautiful, I Don’t Want to Die
Death Fasting Inmate Koçak: Living is Very Beautiful, I Don’t Want to Die
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Court of the Cassation has demanded that the aggravated life sentence given to death fasting inmate Murat Koçak based on witness statements be upheld as “the evidence is legal.”
10 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘We Want to Live in Justice’ Petition
‘We Want to Live in Justice’ Petition
A group of politicians, legists and writers, including Rakel Dink, the wife of late journalist Hrant Dink, and Türkan Elçi, the wife of late lawyer Tahir Elçi, have launched a petition entitled “We want to live in justice.”
27 February 2020
23-Year Prison Sentence Solely Based on Witness Statement
23-Year Prison Sentence Solely Based on Witness Statement
Korkmaz has been sentenced to 23 years, 9 months in prison based one the statements of permanent witness İ.Ö. though both the prosecutor’s office and the security directorate said that “he had no links with the organization.”
20 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
Former MP Mahmut Alınak Behind Bars for the 10th Time
Former MP Mahmut Alınak Behind Bars for the 10th Time
Detained on February 13, lawyer, politician and writer Mahmut Alınak has been arrested on charge of “membership of an organization.”
17 February 2020
Arrested Unionist to Face Up to 15 Years in Prison for ‘Attending a Meeting’
Arrested Unionist to Face Up to 15 Years in Prison for ‘Attending a Meeting’
Having taken an active part in the resistance of 3rd İstanbul Airport workers, Progressive Construction Workers Union (Dev Yapı-İş) Secretary General Demir is charged with “partaking in the activities of HDP Youth Assembly.”
17 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members are in Critical Condition’
HDP TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
‘Death Fasting Grup Yorum Members are in Critical Condition’
HDP Foreign Affairs Commission has addressed an open letter to the international community, raising concerns over the critical condition of death fasting Grup Yorum music band members: “Hear the voices of hunger strikers and take immediate action.”
13 February 2020
‘Permanent Witness’ Used by Police Officers to Threaten Another Officer
‘Permanent Witness’ Used by Police Officers to Threaten Another Officer
Calling himself a long-time informant for the police, prisoner İ.Ö. said that they had “warned” a police officer by shooting his son with a gun and he was given a minor sentence thanks to an acquainted judge arranged for him.
12 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
‘We are All Parts of a Big Orchestra’
‘We are All Parts of a Big Orchestra’
On a death fast for 223 days, Mustafa Koçak has sent a letter from prison. “I am a tree, too… What I want you to do is to finally see how that tree walks day by day and how hope pours wherever it touches”, Koçak says.
10 February 2020 Ayça Söylemez
CHP MP Tanrıkulu on Gezi Trial: There are Very Clear Contradictions to Law
CHP MP Tanrıkulu on Gezi Trial: There are Very Clear Contradictions to Law
Ordered out of the court hall in the fifth hearing of Gezi trial yesterday, CHP MP Tanrıkulu has said, “The court has ruled for the continuation of Osman Kavala’s arrest by disregarding the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights.”
29 January 2020
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