content tagged with Prisoners' Rights

'Prisoners given solitary confinement for warning guards about virus measures'

REPORT ON PRISONERS' RIGHTS

'Prisoners given solitary confinement for warning guards about virus measures'

Various problems in prisons, including the confinement and isolation of prisoners, are exacerbating, according to the Human Rights Association.

Report: Prisoners have difficulties in accessing cleaning supplies

Report: Prisoners have difficulties in accessing cleaning supplies

The Media and Law Studies Association has interviewed 25 political prisoners in five different prisons.

İHD finds 102 cases of rights violations in four months in 10 prisons

İHD finds 102 cases of rights violations in four months in 10 prisons

Prisoners and attorneys have stated several different types of rights violations, including maltreatment, violence and discrimination.

Prison administration 'imposes quota on books, tap water' amid pandemic

LETTER FROM IMPRISONED LAWYERS

Prison administration 'imposes quota on books, tap water' amid pandemic

Two lawyers who have been convicted in the Progressive Lawyers' Association case continue to practice law by telling the problems they face.

19 February 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Ill prisoner Semire Direkçi: Are you waiting for me to die?

Ill prisoner Semire Direkçi: Are you waiting for me to die?

As doctors don't perform a surgery "because of the pandemic," prisoner Semire Direkçi is living with her intestines out of her body.

18 September 2020 Evrim Kepenek

4 Sick Prisoners Demanding Medical Treatment on Hunger Strike

4 Sick Prisoners Demanding Medical Treatment on Hunger Strike

Four sick prisoners, who have been on hunger strike at İzmir Menemen Type R Prison since April 20, demand medical attention.

Transgender Inmate’s 'Death Fast' Brought to Parliamentary Agenda

Transgender Inmate’s 'Death Fast' Brought to Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu has addressed Parliament about trans woman inmate Diren Coşkun’s death fast in prison on its 16th day.

9 February 2018

Convicted Vegan Osman Evcan on Parliamentary Agenda

Convicted Vegan Osman Evcan on Parliamentary Agenda

CHP MP Şenal Sarıhan, has visited the convicted vegan Osman Evcan who has been on hunger strike for 39 days and has asked the Minister of Justice about Evcan’s cellmate, Hasan Çınar, to support him.

18 December 2015