Report finds severe rights violations in nine Turkish prisons
Widespread violations of basic human rights in Turkish prisons have been documented in a new report released on Friday by ...
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Political prisoner deaths highlight healthcare crisis in Turkish jails
Tarık Taş, released from Tekirdağ T-Type Closed Prison on 24 August 2024 after 30 years as a political prisoner, died ...
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CHP’s Tanrıkulu denounces 44-month isolation of Kurdish leader
Sezgin Tanrıkulu became the first main opposition member to denounce the 44-month isolation of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in ...
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Swiss MP urges full end to Öcalan’s isolation after recent family visit
A message from imprisoned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, relayed by his nephew, pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy ...
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Turkey’s Prison Administrative Boards criticised for blocking release of Kurdish political prisoners
Turkey's Prison Administrative and Observation Boards (PAOBs) are increasingly under scrutiny for their role in delaying the release of prisoners, ...
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Kurdish MP exposes severe solitary confinement and health issues in Turkish prison
Meral Danış Beştaş, a Member of Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party representing Erzurum (Erzirom), visited ...
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