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Prisoner not released despite completing sentence

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

Prisoner not released despite completing sentence

Dilan Oybaş is one of the 116 prisoners who are kept behind bars based on a new regulation, HDP deputy Kılıç-Koçyiğit has said.

Turkey will pay damages to journalist-painter Zehra Doğan

Turkey will pay damages to journalist-painter Zehra Doğan

Upon an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Turkey has admitted that Zehra Doğan’s presumption of innocence was violated. Journalist-painter Doğan will now be paid 1,350 Euro in damages.

Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report

The Batman Branch of the İHD has released its 2021 annual report on violations of rights: 5,019 violations of rights were documented in the province in a year, which means, on average, 14 violations occurred in the city every day.

28 January 2022

3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021

İHD PRISON REPORT

3,118 violations of rights in Turkey's 20 prisons in the last 3 months of 2021

According to the last quarterly report of the Human Rights Association’s İstanbul Branch, 3,118 violations of rights in total, including eight losses of life, occurred in 20 prisons in Turkey in the last three months of 2021.

27 January 2022

Hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons end on 290th day

Hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons end on 290th day

Prisoners went on an indefinite-rotating hunger strike in protest against the isolation of PKK leader Öcalan in prison and the rights violations committed in prisons, especially during the pandemic. The periods were increased from 5 to 15 days as of July 14.

13 September 2021

Investigation into body search on lawyer in prison

Investigation into body search on lawyer in prison

An investigation has been launched into the incident where lawyer Ekin Yeter was subjected to body search in Van High-Security Prison. Pressing charges against the wardens, Yeter says, “This arbitrary, humiliating maltreatment and practices must end.”

1 September 2021

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.

‘We cannot give you eau de cologne, it contains alcohol’

REPORT BY HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

‘We cannot give you eau de cologne, it contains alcohol’

From the Human Rights Association (İHD) report on prisons in Marmara region: “One prisoner was not given a tea cup because it has a handle and another prisoner was not given eau de cologne because it contains alcohol…’”

Torture and Ill-Treatment on the Rise, TİHV Report Cautions

HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF TURKEY

Torture and Ill-Treatment on the Rise, TİHV Report Cautions

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) published its annual report for the year 2011. Law enforcement officials subjected some 724 prisoners to torture and ill-treatment during the aforementioned period, the report said. That figure represents an increase in the frequency of such human rights violations.

20 September 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Censorship in Prisons

Censorship in Prisons

Letters about rights violations in prison do not get through to columnists and journalists. Newspapers dealing with rights violations and ill-treatment in prison are not allowed into prison. A report of the ÇHD Prison Monitoring Commissions revealed a number of problems faced by inmates.

26 January 2012 Ayça Söylemez