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Demirtaş Sends Letter to European Parliament and PACE
Demirtaş Sends Letter to European Parliament and PACE
In his letter, HDP's imprisoned former Chair Demirtaş has drawn attention to Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 104 days, and other 320 hunger strikers in prisons.
19 February 2019
'Let's Give an Ear to Demands of Rights, Lawfulness, Justice'
'Let's Give an Ear to Demands of Rights, Lawfulness, Justice'
The Citizens' Initiative and Union for Democracy (DİB) have made a statement on the 100th day of HDP MP Leyla Güven's hunger strike. They have said that protecting the hunger strikers' lives are on the state's responsibility and that a dialog should urgently be established.
15 February 2019
Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months For One Academic
Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months For One Academic
Dr. Lecturer Mehmet Şiray from the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts has been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.
14 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin
Rejecting Medical Intervention, Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital
Rejecting Medical Intervention, Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital
HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on the 98th day of her hunger strike, has been taken to hospital with complaints of chest pain. Her daughter Temizkan has stated that Güven has been taken to intensive care and does not accept medical intervention.
13 February 2019
Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months for 3 Academics
Deferred Prison Sentence of 15 Months for 3 Academics
Prof. Dr. Tahsin Yeşildere and two academics from Boğaziçi University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of all three verdicts has been suspended.
13 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin
Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 8 Months for Academic Hanifi Barış
Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 8 Months for Academic Hanifi Barış
Academic Hanifi Barış, who was previously arrested for two months due to his social media posts, has been sentenced to 1 year, 8 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The announcement of the verdict has been deferred.
13 February 2019
'Visiting A Martyr's Family' Obligation for Academic Sentenced to Prison
'Visiting A Martyr's Family' Obligation for Academic Sentenced to Prison
Two academics have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months and one has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison in today's hearings. The court has also ruled that academic Gülsün Güvenli shall visit a 'martyr's family'.
12 February 2019 Hikmet Adal
ECtHR Convicts Turkey for ‘Aggravated Life Imprisonment’
ECtHR Convicts Turkey for ‘Aggravated Life Imprisonment’
The ECtHR has again convicted Turkey in an appeal made against the legal practice stipulating that the convicts who have been sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment shall serve time in prison without a possibility of being released.
12 February 2019 Ayça Söylemez
5 Lawyers on 20th Day of Their Hunger Strike ‘Against Unlawfulness’
5 Lawyers on 20th Day of Their Hunger Strike ‘Against Unlawfulness’
It has been 20 days since five arrested lawyers went on a hunger strike in protest against the unlawful practices that they have been subjected to during their judicial process. They will continue their hunger strike until their hearing on March 18.
12 February 2019 Ayça Söylemez
Curfew in Lice
Curfew in Lice
A curfew has been declared in 21 villages and their hamlets in the district of Lice in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır on the ground of an operation to be conducted in the region.
12 February 2019
Dilek Dündar: I am Held Hostage Against My Husband
Dilek Dündar: I am Held Hostage Against My Husband
The wife of journalist Can Dündar, Dilek Türker Dündar, who cannot leave Turkey for another country as her passport was seized, has criticized the unlawful practices that she has been subjected to due to the lawsuits filed against her husband.
12 February 2019
Gergerlioğlu: Inmates Writing About Hunger Strikes Given Disciplinary Punishment As Well
Gergerlioğlu: Inmates Writing About Hunger Strikes Given Disciplinary Punishment As Well
Holding a press conference about the violation of rights committed in prisons, HDP MP Gergerlioğlu has stated that prison administrations give disciplinary punishments to both the inmates who have gone on a hunger strike and the ones who write about it.
11 February 2019
Police Do Not Allow March, HDP MPs Sit-In
Police Do Not Allow March, HDP MPs Sit-In
The police have not allowed the HDP Co-Chairs and MPs to march on İstiklal Avenue in support of HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 96 days.
11 February 2019 Hikmet Adal
Three Rights Defenders Visit HDP MP Leyla Güven
Three Rights Defenders Visit HDP MP Leyla Güven
Human Rights Association Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan, journalist Ali Bayramoğlu and 78's Initiative Spokesperson Celalettin Can have visited HDP MP Leyla Güven, who is on the 96th day of her hunger strike.
11 February 2019
Adana Governorship Bans Kurdish Theatre Days
Adana Governorship Bans Kurdish Theatre Days
The Governorship of Adana has banned the Kurdish Theater Days which was organized by the HDP Adana.
11 February 2019 Bircan Değirmenci
'Monitoring Commission for Hunger Strikes' Founded
'Monitoring Commission for Hunger Strikes' Founded
Four rights organizations have announced in a press statement that they founded the 'Monitoring Commission for Hunger Strikes': "The feeling of the lack of a solution caused by injustice and unlawfulness will cause the number of hunger strikers to increase."
8 February 2019 Hikmet Adal
‘Householders Unwilling to Rent Out Their Houses to LGBTIs and Migrants’
‘Householders Unwilling to Rent Out Their Houses to LGBTIs and Migrants’
The Report on Perception of Discrimination has shown that those groups complaining about different types of discrimination have met on a common ground when it comes to perception of discrimination against migrants, Kurds and LGBTIs.
8 February 2019
Forensic Architecture Announces Report on Tahir Elçi Murder
Forensic Architecture Announces Report on Tahir Elçi Murder
Research agency Forensic Architecture has released its report on lawyer Elçi's murder. Reconstructing the incident in a 3D digital model, the agency has announced that three police officers on the scene are the most likely suspects.
8 February 2019 Ayça Söylemez
1 Academic Sentenced to 2 Years, 6 Months; 1 Academic to 15 Months in Prison
1 Academic Sentenced to 2 Years, 6 Months; 1 Academic to 15 Months in Prison
Academic Akyüz has been sentenced to 2 years, 6 months in prison for “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” The court has not reduced the sentence “on the ground of his attitude and behavior during the hearing.”
8 February 2019 Hikmet Adal,Tansu Pişkin
BBP Chair Destici: Let’s Deport 100 Thousand Armenians from Turkey
BBP Chair Destici: Let’s Deport 100 Thousand Armenians from Turkey
Chair of the Great Unity Party (BBP) Destici has spoken about the declaration of April 24 as the Commemoration Day for the Armenian Genocide by France: “There are 100 thousand Armenians in Turkey. What I am saying is the following: Let’s deport them.”
7 February 2019
One Found Guilty for Fire That Claimed Six Children's Lives
One Found Guilty for Fire That Claimed Six Children's Lives
In the case regarding the fire that took lives of six children in a Quran course building, one educator has been sentenced to 9 years and 3 months in prison while the other five defendants have been acquitted.
6 February 2019
Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 Academic
Deferred Prison Sentence of 1 Year, 3 Months for 1 Academic
While academic Sinem Aydınlı has been given a deferred prison sentence of 1 year, 3 months, the Presiding Judge interrupted the defense of attorney Soydan, who said, “If our client came here today as a mafia leader, she would be acquitted."
6 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin
Case File of Dündar Separated; Gül and Berberoğlu to Make Defense in Next Hearing
Case File of Dündar Separated; Gül and Berberoğlu to Make Defense in Next Hearing
In the trial regarding the news reports on National Intelligence Agency (MIT) trucks, the court has ruled that the file of Can Dündar shall be separated and adjourned the hearing of the case to May 15 so that Gül and Berberoğlu will make their last defenses.
6 February 2019 Hikmet Adal
Lawyer Can Tombul Not Released in Second Hearing
Lawyer Can Tombul Not Released in Second Hearing
Having his second hearing, lawyer Can Tombul from the Law Bureau of the Oppressed has stated, “If I was not arrested today, I would be at the hearing where police officers are tried for Suruç massacre.” The court has ruled for the continuation of his arrest.
6 February 2019
Former CHP MP Erdem Ends Hunger Strike
Former CHP MP Erdem Ends Hunger Strike
Former CHP MP Eren Erdem has ended the hunger strike, which he began last week because "being tried for FETÖ hurts his pride".
6 February 2019
15-Month Deferred Prison Sentence for 2 Academics
15-Month Deferred Prison Sentence for 2 Academics
Academics İnci Özkan Kerestecioğlu and Biriz Berksoy have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The court board of the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that the announcement of all three verdicts shall be deferred.
6 February 2019 Tansu Pişkin
Yaman Akdeniz: I Think Atilla Taş Sent from Silivri Prison to Kocaeli Upon Instruction
Yaman Akdeniz: I Think Atilla Taş Sent from Silivri Prison to Kocaeli Upon Instruction
Speaking to bianet about the judicial process of Atilla Taş, Prof. Dr. Akdeniz has stated that they submitted a request for his release, emphasizing that a verdict of release on probation can be given for Taş since he has less than a year to serve in prison.
5 February 2019 Ekin Karaca
3 Freedom of Expression Organizations Pen Letter for Arrested Journalist Türfent
3 Freedom of Expression Organizations Pen Letter for Arrested Journalist Türfent
Three freedom of expression organizations have penned a letter and launched a petition for Metin Türfent, who has been imprisoned for 1,000 days. “We tell you that you are not alone,” the letter said.
5 February 2019
Rights Violations in Patnos Prison Brought into Parliamentary Agenda
Rights Violations in Patnos Prison Brought into Parliamentary Agenda
HDP Ağrı MP Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted a parliamentary inquiry, requesting that a parliamentary investigation be launched into the allegations of battery and maltreatment as well as poor quality of water and epidemics in Patnos Prison.
5 February 2019
Application to Human Rights Investigation Commission for Ill Prisoner Sise Bingöl
Application to Human Rights Investigation Commission for Ill Prisoner Sise Bingöl
HDP MP Danış Beştaş has submitted an application to Human Rights Commission of Parliament for 85-year-old ill prisoner Sise Bingöl. In a medical report previously issued for her, it was stated that “she doesn’t know her age, where she is or what year it is.”
5 February 2019
ÖHP: 'We Want Resolution, Not Death'
ÖHP: 'We Want Resolution, Not Death'
The Platform for Libertarian Lawyers (ÖHP) has announced its report regarding the hunger strikes in prisons. The report stated that a hunger strike is not a way of suicide but protesting and that the inmates' rights to health and life are violated.
5 February 2019 Hikmet Adal
Campaign to Rename Street of Saudi Consulate in İstanbul ‘Jamal Khashoggi Street’
Campaign to Rename Street of Saudi Consulate in İstanbul ‘Jamal Khashoggi Street’
Amnesty International Turkey has launched a campaign and demanded that the street in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in İstanbul, where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered, be renamed after the deceased journalist.
4 February 2019
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