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Court accepts the appeal regarding the suspicious death of detainee

Court accepts the appeal regarding the suspicious death of detainee

The Kocaeli Peace Criminal Court requested the reopening of the investigation into the death of ordinary prisoner Duygu Koral, who died under suspicious circumstances at the Kocaeli 1st High Security Closed Prison.

13 February 2024

Severely ill prisoner not treated after refusing to be handcuffed to bed

Severely ill prisoner not treated after refusing to be handcuffed to bed

Having severe heart disease, Fatma Tokmak is kept in prison despite a report saying that she can't stay in prison, says her attorney.

27 January 2022 Evrim Kepenek

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

Ministry Rejects Gender Transition Surgery of Buse, Saying ‘It is for Aesthetics’

Ministry Rejects Gender Transition Surgery of Buse, Saying ‘It is for Aesthetics’

Speaking to bianet about the rejection of the Ministry of Health, lawyer Eren Keskin says, “That the Ministry considers an issue forming the gender identity of a person to be ‘for purposes of aesthetics’ is tragicomic”.

26 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek