Since the coup d’état in Turkey on July 15, 2016, there has been an increase in the repression of lawyers, artists, opposition parties and organizations, and especially of the Kurdish community. David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, who visited Turkey in 2016, stated that “the Turkish government has a very broad concept of terrorism” and “considers anyone who opposes it to be a terrorist.” (1) A similar assessment was made by Ignacio Sanchez Amor, the European Union’s rapporteur on Turkey. The fact that the Turkish government considers everyone who does not agree with it to be a “terrorist member, terrorist” leads the majority of the opposition, especially the Kurdish, to see them as enemies.
Category: Prisons
CONFERENCE: POLITICAL PRISONERS WORLDWIDE AND IN TURKEY
PANEL: 09:00-11:00 “Why prisons were built and what they mean for political political prisoners” “Building prisons for dissidents” “Political prisoners around the world” Speakers: Dr. Jean-Pierre Restellini – Former member of the CPT Denis O’Hearn – Director of the PhD in Sociology – University of W. USA Moderator: Elisabeth Decrey Warner -Former President of the…
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REPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TURKISH PRISONS
This report is prepared by Kurdish Center for Human Rights. This report includes sensitive and confidential data of individuals. Please let us know in order to share or publish it. 15, Rue des Savoises 1205 Genève Tel (022) 328 19 84 info@kurd-chr.ch | www.kurd-chr.ch kurd-chr |Centre kurde des droits de l’homme 15, Rue des Savoises…
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14 Bar Associations: Hunger strikers’ demands should be fulfilled
After a meeting promoted by Bingöl Bar Association, presidents of 14 bar associations in the Kurdish region released a joint statement. 14 bar associations in Turkey’s Kurdish region warned that hunger strikes in Turkish prisons have serious consequences for the health of prisoners and called for the legal demands of the prisoners to be fulfilled…
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Lawyer Abdullah Ocalan: Imrali system must be eliminated
Lawyer Ozgur Fayek Arul, “the attorney of the leader Ocalan,” explained that the Imrali prison system was built on conditions for imposing isolation, and now during every political and legal event in Turkey this question is raised, “How will this situation affect Imrali?” He stressed the need to abolish this system for Imrali. Any way….
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Prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu prison denounces beating and torture
Sedat Karak is held in Maraş Türkoğlu L Type Closed Prison. In a phone call with his family he denounced that him and four other prisoners were attacked by guards. Ill prisoner Tenzile Acar should be released, says her mother Karak shared the following information: “30-40 guards entered the A-17 room where we stayed. The…
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Asrin Law Office criticizes the CPT for not inspecting Imrali during Turkey visit
The Asrin Law Office has issued a statement on the Turkey visit of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). The office, which represents Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali, criticizes the fact that no visit was made to the prison island and that it itself was not…
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Violation in turkish prisons
Political prisoners suffered food poisoning in Van Prison, including journalist Cemil Uğur. The MA correspondent is in custody for “subversive reporting”. Mehmet Siraç Aslan remains in Aksaray T Type prison despite having served his sentence. Aslan has been repeatedly tortured. Hadi Yalçın, an ill prisoner who was in Edirne F Type Closed Prison, has lost…