Tahir Elçi award was given to Saturday Mothers
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- 12:39 21/1
Tahir Elçi Human Rights and Freedom Award was given to Saturday Mothers.
Tahir Elçi Human Rights and Freedom Award was given to Saturday Mothers.
The situation of Rojnews editor Süleyman Ahmet is unknown. Ahmet is reportedly being held in the unofficial detention center of KDP's intelligence agency Parastin.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 56th day.
Zeynep Erdem, a political prisoner in Bayburt Type M Closed Prison, was not allowed to attend the funeral of her deceased mother for "security" reasons.
Calling for the release of 80-year-old prisoner Hanife Arslan, who cannot walk and needs urgent surgery, IHD said: "Regret is being imposed for her release. Hanife Arslan must be released."
The acquittal decision given to journalist Ayşe Kara in the case where she was tried for up to 15 years in prison on the charge of "membership in a terrorist organization" was overturned by the appeal.
ÖHD Headquarters Director Sezin Uçar stated that CPT must announce its report regarding the İmralı visit and said that they will apply to the Ministry of Justice together with many lawyers to hold meetings with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
11 political prisoners staying in Antalya Type S Closed Prison were sentenced to 11 days in solitary confinement each because the phrase "Mr. Öcalan" was included in the petitions they sent to the Ministry of Justice to inform the purposes of their actions while starting their hunger strike.
It was revealed that the court, which sentenced journalist Nurcan Yalçın to 2 years and 1 month in prison on the charge of "aiding the terrorist organization", relied on the "intelligence note" from TEM Branch when making the sentence. The Court of Appeal, which examined the file upon objection, overturned the local court's decision, not on the grounds of illegal evidence, but on the grounds of incomplete research.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 55th day.
The situation of Rojnews editor Süleyman Ahmet is unknown. Ahmet is reportedly being held in the unofficial detention center of KDP's intelligence agency Parastin.
DBP member Cengiz Dere, who was arrested in Mersin on allegations of "being a member of a terrorist organization" and "providing financing to a terrorist organization", was released after 8 months.
It has been reported that a military operation has been launched against rural neighborhoods in the north of Licê district.
Agos Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink was commemorated in front of the newspaper building where he was shot on the 17th anniversary of his murder. At the commemoration, the message was given: "We meet here every year today, in spite of those who try to separate us and turn us into enemies, and we shout out, 'Despite fascism, you are my brother, Hrant'."
Evaluating the current developments, DEM Party Women's Assembly Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu pointed out the assassination of Firyal Süleyman Halid in Kirkuk and said: "This is a political murder. We know the forces behind the massacre very well."