Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
The 392nd sit-in organised by the Prison Commission of the Istanbul Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD), was held despite the heavy police presence which prevented the action to be held in Galatasaray square. The sit-in is demanding the release of sick prisoners every week.
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Human Rights Association Ankara president Nuray Çevirmen said that in Turkey there is a huge problem with prisons.
Continue reading “Av. Çevirmen: 23 prisoners are seriously ill”La présidente de l’Association des droits de l’Homme (IHD) d’Ankara a déclaré que l’association tentait de joindre les prisonniers malades en Anatolie centrale afin d’obtenir des informations individuelles à leur sujet.
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Rights violations against political prisoners in Bolu F-Type Prison have been exposed. The prisoners, writing about their experiences, said that Nurullah Semo had been kept in a room alone for 2 years and that he was exposed to insults and threats every morning during the counting.
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Mustafa Akyol, former co-chair of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) was jailed in Ağrı in 2011 and sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison for alleged “membership to an illegal organization”.
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