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‘Domestic and national’ journalism by force of prison, censorship, seizure!

BİA MEDIA MONITORING / JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2020

‘Domestic and national’ journalism by force of prison, censorship, seizure!

The 3rd Quarterly BİA Media Monitoring Report shows that Turkey has become a country where journalists are detained for criticizing an Ottoman Sultan, TV channels are silenced for the same reason and violence against journalists ends in impunity.

13 October 2020 Erol Önderoğlu,Sinem Aydınlı,İdil Aydınoğlu

Woman prisoner banned from having visitors for six years

VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS IN MARDİN PRISON

Woman prisoner banned from having visitors for six years

Violations of rights in Mardin Type E Closed Prison: Women are given disciplinary punishment as they refused to be counted outside their wards, one woman is banned from having visitors for 6 years, another is given solitary confinement for 210 days.

18 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

At least 275 people's right to life violated in August

CHP'S RIGHTS VIOLATION REPORT

At least 275 people's right to life violated in August

At least 143 people, including five children, were subjected to torture and 63 people were subjected to physical and psychological violence in prisons, according to the report.

11 September 2020

Human Rights Association addresses an open letter to ECtHR President Spano

Human Rights Association addresses an open letter to ECtHR President Spano

The İHD has penned an open letter to ECtHR President Spano: “In order for your visit to Turkey to genuinely be beneficial, your lending an ear to civil society organizations that make the voices of rights victims be heard bears vital significance.”

2 September 2020

Right to life of 162 people violated in Turkey in July

CHP REPORT ON RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Right to life of 162 people violated in Turkey in July

Main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu has released his monthly report on rights violations in Turkey: At least 55 people, including four children, were subjected to the torture of security forces in or outside detention centers in July 2020.

‘We cannot give you eau de cologne, it contains alcohol’

REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

‘We cannot give you eau de cologne, it contains alcohol’

From the Human Rights Association (İHD) report on prisons in Marmara region: “One prisoner was not given a tea cup because it has a handle and another prisoner was not given eau de cologne because it contains alcohol…’”

CHP Report: 203 People's Right to Life Violated, 100 Tortured in May

CHP Report: 203 People's Right to Life Violated, 100 Tortured in May

The main opposition party has released the Rights Violations Report for May.

Report on Human Rights of LGBTI+s: ‘2019 Saw an Increase in Torture, Maltreatment’

Report on Human Rights of LGBTI+s: ‘2019 Saw an Increase in Torture, Maltreatment’

“While the legal system of Turkey has no legislation protecting LGBTI+s, the policy makers and implementers themselves can increasingly become the actors of rights violations in that respect,” the Kaos GL association has noted in a recent report.

Constitutional Court: Right to a Fair Trial the Most Violated Right

Constitutional Court: Right to a Fair Trial the Most Violated Right

The top court has released figures on individual applications that were made in the past eight years.

6 February 2020

‘Right to Life of 41 Thousand 694 People Violated in 17 Years’

REPORT BY CHP MP TANRIKULU

‘Right to Life of 41 Thousand 694 People Violated in 17 Years’

According to a report on right violations prepared by main opposition CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the right to life of at least 6,432 women has been violated in 17 years and the right to life of at least 4,104 children has been violated in 8 years.

17 January 2020

ECtHR Ruling on Kavala: His Pre-Trial Detention Not Based on Reasonable Suspicion

ECtHR Ruling on Kavala: His Pre-Trial Detention Not Based on Reasonable Suspicion

We are publishing the summary of ECtHR ruling on arrested businessperson Osman Kavala, who has been behind bars for 773 days. Announcing its verdict on December 10, the Court has concluded that his pre-trial detention is a right violation.

13 December 2019

EU Statement on Osman Kavala: Release Him Without Further Delay

EU Statement on Osman Kavala: Release Him Without Further Delay

Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights Maria Arena has made a statement on arrested rights defender Kavala. Referring to him as “a man of peace”, she has called on the authorities “to release him without further delay”.

13 December 2019

Three Years of Rights Violations Faced by Academics for Peace

HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK

Three Years of Rights Violations Faced by Academics for Peace

68.8 percent of the academics facing rights violations for signing the peace declaration have trouble sleeping, 61.9 percent have concentration and attention deficit, 58.3 percent have affective withdrawal or collapse, 17.4 percent have shortness of breath.

13 December 2019

‘6,000 People from HDP Arrested Since 2015’

HDP REPORT RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

‘6,000 People from HDP Arrested Since 2015’

HDP has released a report on the violations of rights committed in 2019 on the occasion of Human Rights Week. The report has shown that 1,674 HDP members and executives were detained and 200 of them were arrested this year.

11 December 2019

Human Rights Association: ‘20 People Killed With a “Stop Warning” in 11 Months’

REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN 2018

Human Rights Association: ‘20 People Killed With a “Stop Warning” in 11 Months’

Releasing a report on human rights violations committed in 2018, Human Rights Association (İHD) has announced that 20 people lost their lives in 11 months due to the extrajudicial executions of law enforcement officers or for disobeying their stop warnings.

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

3,936 Children’s Right to Life Violated in 7 Years

CHP MP Tanrıkulu has presented a report documenting the right to life violations committed against children in recent years. The report has shown that while child mortality from violence and occupational homicides has not decreased, extrajudicial executions have seen a dramatic increase in 2015 and 2016.

Parliamentary Inquiry by HDP Regarding Rights Violations in Prisons

Parliamentary Inquiry by HDP Regarding Rights Violations in Prisons

HDP MP Meral Danış Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry regarding rights violations in the prisons in Karaman, İskenderun and Aydın.

Rights Advocates Detained in Front of Human Rights Monument

Rights Advocates Detained in Front of Human Rights Monument

Rights defenders from the Human Rights Association would issue a statement for the press in protest of the ban on Yüksel Street but they have been detained as soon as they reached the monument. Human rights chair Türkdoğan spoke to bianet from the detention vehicle.

9 November 2017 Ayça Söylemez

From Guards to Inmates: 'You are Enemies'

From Guards to Inmates: 'You are Enemies'

MPs taking the rights violations against the inmates in prisons in Bilecik and Elazığ to parliament have stated that petitions submitted by the inmates to the prosecutor’s officers are overlooked.

9 November 2017

CHP’s Tanrıkulu Announces Report on Post July 15 Rights Violations

CHP’s Tanrıkulu Announces Report on Post July 15 Rights Violations

CHP İstanbul MP Tanrıkulu has announced his report in which he compiled human right violations that took place from July to October. There is a special chapter for coup attempt.

21 October 2016

HDP: Does Turkey Break International Law by Using State of Emergency as Excuse?

HDP: Does Turkey Break International Law by Using State of Emergency as Excuse?

HDP MP Kürkçü has reminded that some clauses of the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights have been violated, and called for an investigation into whether the government violates rights and freedoms.

17 October 2016

Artists Urge Merkel to Bring Up Rights Violations

Artists Urge Merkel to Bring Up Rights Violations

Artists amongst whom are Sibel Kekilli and Fatih Akın have called on German Chancellor Merkel to bring up rights violations in Turkey prior to Merkel-Davutoğlu meeting.

22 January 2016

"Equality Here and Now"

19. LGBTT ISTANBUL 2011 PRIDE WEEK

"Equality Here and Now"

"Equality Here and Now - Stop Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Individuals in Turkey" was a panel of the 19th LGBTT Istanbul Pride Week where LGBT individuals described the rights violations they experienced.

24 June 2011 Selin Özmen

46 Women Killed for "Honour" in 2010

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

46 Women Killed for "Honour" in 2010

According to a report of the Human Rights Association, 46 women were killed by men in 2010 for reasons of "honour". 281 women and children applied to courts because of sexual harassment; 182 women and children were raped.

17 March 2011 Elvan Kısmet

Increase of Rights Violations in South-Eastern Turkey

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

Increase of Rights Violations in South-Eastern Turkey

The 2010 report of the Human Rights Association revealed that deaths, injuries, setting villages on fire, torture and maltreatment are still continuing in the scope of the Kurdish question. Courts oppressed freedom of assembly and freedom of speech, the report claims.

28 January 2011 Erhan Üstündağ

IHD 2009 Report: 24 Deaths in Prisons in 1 Year

RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN PRISONS

IHD 2009 Report: 24 Deaths in Prisons in 1 Year

According to the annual report of the Human Rights Association, 24 people have died in Turkish prisons in the last year. 11 people died of illness, 3 people committed suicide, 4 were killed. The Association received 2,640 applications in 2009, 397 because of torture and mal-treatment.

25 March 2010 Tolga Korkut

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