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Dismissed Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı’s Request for Release Rejected

Dismissed Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı’s Request for Release Rejected

The request for release of attorney Muhsin Bilal for Selçuk Mızraklı has been rejected. The attorney previously requested his client’s release as his chronic heart disease poses a risk to him in prison amid coronavirus pandemic.

Articles Foreseeing Restrictions on Social Media Omitted from Omnibus Bill

Articles Foreseeing Restrictions on Social Media Omitted from Omnibus Bill

The articles foreseeing restrictions on social media have been withdrawn from the 62-article omnibus bill, which is also expected to ban lay-offs for 3 months. “They have withdrawn it for now. They will bring it up at the first opportunity,” says HDP MP Paylan.

14 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

UNICEF: Children in Detention Should be Released

UNICEF: Children in Detention Should be Released

In a written statement released by the UNICEF, it has been noted that “hundreds of thousands of children currently detained in countries around the world are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19.”

Turkey Seeks Power to Control Social Media

Turkey Seeks Power to Control Social Media

Social media companies, the US, the EU and countries and international bodies that champion free speech, as well as social media users in Turkey, should be vocal and unequivocal on calling on Turkey to drop it.

13 April 2020 Emma Sinclair-Webb

Covid-19 Treatment Defined as Emergency: Hospitals Can No Longer Charge Fees

Covid-19 Treatment Defined as Emergency: Hospitals Can No Longer Charge Fees

According to a notice published on the Official Gazette today, private hospitals can no longer request patient shares or any other extra fees from patients treated for novel coronavirus.

Being Tested with Sorrow!

Being Tested with Sorrow!

The number of deaths that comes before your eyes from a part of the world every evening and keeps increasing is, in fact, beyond being a mere number. Each one of them is a world in itself, a world that has stories about itself and the lives it has touched.

8 April 2020 Şeyhmus Diken

Turkish Medical Association: Access to Healthcare is a Basic Right for Prisoners Too

Turkish Medical Association: Access to Healthcare is a Basic Right for Prisoners Too

The parliament will discuss today a sentence reduction bill to reduce the prison population due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ministry of Interior: 229 People Detained Over Coronavirus Posts

Ministry of Interior: 229 People Detained Over Coronavirus Posts

In a statement released by the Ministry of Interior, it has been announced that 229 people have been taken into custody over their social media messages about coronavirus.

President Erdoğan, Banking Agency File Complaint Against TV Anchor Fatih Portakal

President Erdoğan, Banking Agency File Complaint Against TV Anchor Fatih Portakal

President and AKP Chair Erdoğan and Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) have filed a criminal complaint against FOX TV anchor Fatih Portakal at the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

‘There are Still Journalists Battered Due to Their News’

‘There are Still Journalists Battered Due to Their News’

Releasing a statement on the occasion of April 6 Remembrance Day for Killed Journalists in Turkey, the Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) has stated, “We still have colleagues battered due to their news in mainstream and local press.”

Lawyers: Sentence Reduction Bill is Against the Principle of Equality Before the Law

Lawyers: Sentence Reduction Bill is Against the Principle of Equality Before the Law

Two lawyers have spoken to bianet about a new law proposal aiming to reduce the prison population amid the coronavirus pandemic.

3 April 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member Helin Bölek Loses Her Life

Death Fasting Grup Yorum Member Helin Bölek Loses Her Life

Grup Yorum music band member Helin Bölek has lost her life on the 288th day of her death fast.

To Health Workers

To Health Workers

Covid-19 outbreak is an historical incident. No matter how historians will write this incident in the future, these health workers already deserve to be remembered with respect.

3 April 2020 Hüseyin Şengül

PACE Calls on Turkey, Spain to ‘Release Political Prisoners as Well’

PACE Calls on Turkey, Spain to ‘Release Political Prisoners as Well’

PACE Rapporteur Cilevics has noted that political prisoners in Spain and Turkey should definitely benefit from such “measures that are taken in many countries to release or apply non-custodial sanctions” in the face of coronavirus threat.

World-Renowned Scientists Express Support for Bülent Şık

World-Renowned Scientists Express Support for Bülent Şık

Over 600 world-renowned scientists, including Nobel laureates, have condemned the 15-month prison sentence given to bianet columnist, food engineer Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık for sharing the results of a cancer research with the public.

Have You Heard Initiative: Journalists Should be Released Before Virus Enters Prison

Have You Heard Initiative: Journalists Should be Released Before Virus Enters Prison

"Journalists, students and politicians who are treated as 'terrorists' because of their news, statements and views should be included in the new regulation on criminal execution," the initiative has said.

Presidency Sent Selahattin Demirtaş an Email, Urging Him to Stay Home, Says His Wife

Presidency Sent Selahattin Demirtaş an Email, Urging Him to Stay Home, Says His Wife

Başak Demirtaş has said that the Presidency has sent its “don’t leave home” message to his imprisoned husband Selahattin Demirtaş as well: “You say 'don’t leave home if you are chronically ill.' It is exactly what we are talking about.”

Suspected to Have COVID-19, Dismissed Mazıdağı Co-Mayor Released

Suspected to Have COVID-19, Dismissed Mazıdağı Co-Mayor Released

Replaced with a state-appointed trustee and arrested shortly afterwards, Mardin Mazıdağı District Co-Mayor Nazal Özaydın has been released on probation and on the condition that she does not leave home.

281 People Call for Justice in Criminal Execution: Stop Discriminating Prisoners!

281 People Call for Justice in Criminal Execution: Stop Discriminating Prisoners!

281 writers, academics, journalists and rights defenders have denounced the draft law on criminal execution for excluding jailed politicians, journalists and rights defenders from reduced prison sentences and early release from prison.

Don’t Let Prison be a Funeral Home

Don’t Let Prison be a Funeral Home

In the aftermath of September 12 military coup, my mother was in Diyarbakır No. 5 Military Prison, where the most inhuman tortures were inflicted. Crimes against humanity were committed there. But, she has never stopped saying peace and equality.

1 April 2020 Evin Jiyan Kışanak

Writer Nurcan Baysal Deposed over Coronavirus Articles

Writer Nurcan Baysal Deposed over Coronavirus Articles

Summoned to depose due to her social media posts and articles about coronavirus pandemic, writer and columnist Nurcan Baysal has been released following the formalities at police department and court proceedings.

Letter from Prison: ‘If Virus Enters the Ward, We will Get Infected in an Hour or So’

Letter from Prison: ‘If Virus Enters the Ward, We will Get Infected in an Hour or So’

Sending a letter to bianet, a prisoner from Bolu Type T Prison says that they cannot keep their “social distance” due to overcrowding: “How can our immune systems be strong in an environment where we are constantly under stress?”

31 March 2020 Ayça Söylemez

CPJ Launches Campaign for Jailed Journalists amid COVID-19 Pandemic

CPJ Launches Campaign for Jailed Journalists amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Demanding the release of all jailed journalists due to coronavirus pandemic, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has launched a campaign and called on the authorities to ensure the safety of over 250 imprisoned journalists around the world.

Rights Defenders Meet Ministry for Hunger Strikers

Rights Defenders Meet Ministry for Hunger Strikers

Meeting with the Interior Ministry officials regarding the condition of hunger striking Grup Yorum members, Mustafa Koçak and lawyers, rights defenders have stated, “We are told that if they abandon their hunger strikes, their demands will be evaluated.”

12 Requests for Prisoners Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

12 Requests for Prisoners Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Six civil society and professional organizations have requested that necessary measures be taken against coronavirus pandemic in prisons and child prisoners as well as the ones who are seriously ill and older than 60 be released.

Prisoners are Vulnerable to COVID-19

Prisoners are Vulnerable to COVID-19

Prisoners complain that they sleep close, everything is commonly used in closed spaces, no cleaning is done, there is not even a soap and not enough sinks, bathrooms are locked, food is unhealthy and dirty, the quarantined share the same space with others…

Constitutional Court: 'Thief, Murderer AKP' Banner Within Freedom of Expression

Constitutional Court: 'Thief, Murderer AKP' Banner Within Freedom of Expression

Members of the ÖDP were beaten by the police for showing a banner that read, “Thief, Murderer AKP” ahead of the 2014 local elections.

Coronavirus Outbreak is a Matter of Human Rights

Coronavirus Outbreak is a Matter of Human Rights

As coronavirus outbreak is a matter of human rights, it can only be solved based on the principles of human rights. We can find a way out of these dark days only by developing policies and practices based on human rights principles.

26 March 2020 Osman İşçi

2 Soldiers Lose Their Lives in Haftanin

2 Soldiers Lose Their Lives in Haftanin

Two soldiers have lost their lives in the “Operation Claw-3” launched by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) along the Haftanin-Sinat line on the border with the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

European Parliament Calls on Turkey to End Public Advertising Ban on Daily Evrensel

European Parliament Calls on Turkey to End Public Advertising Ban on Daily Evrensel

10 Members of the European Parliament have addressed a letter to Press Advertisement Institution (BİK) Director General Rıdvan Duran and called on the institution to lift the public advertising ban on daily Evrensel.

‘Let Imprisoned Journalists Stay Home, Too’

‘Let Imprisoned Journalists Stay Home, Too’

“Haberin Var Mı” (Have You Heard) Initiative criticizes the regulation on criminal execution. Requesting the release of arrested journalists, the Initiative says, “Journalists, whose only crime was to practice their profession, will remain behind bars.”

Joint Call by 14 Bar Associations: Release Political Prisoners

Joint Call by 14 Bar Associations: Release Political Prisoners

14 bar associations have criticized the 3rd Judicial Reform Package which will pave the way for the release of 100 thousand inmates while allegedly excluding political prisoners: “What makes a state powerful is its justice.”

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