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Yıldız was taken into custody because of a statement she made to the press in front of the İstanbul Courthouse

The İzmir Branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) held a press statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.

HDP İstanbul MP Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a Parliamentary inquiry about the enforced disappearances in Turkey on the occasion of the International Week of the Enforced Disappeared.

Six law organizations have released a statement about Gökhan Güneş, who was forced to get in a car in İstanbul on January 20 and released six days later. In a statement yesterday, Güneş announced that he had been systematically tortured.

71 countries, among which are Serbia, Guatemala, Honduras and Vanuatu, sign the Convention of the Disappeared, an important step for improving human rights. The US, Britain and Turkey have not signed it yet. Only Albania ratifies it.