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Eren Keskin, a prominent human rights lawyer and co-chair of the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD), comments on the legal ...
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Pro-Kurdish DEM Party MP Temelli demands urgent reform for prisons and the disappeared
"We must face the truth—there are thousands of disappeared in this country and not even their graves are known," said ...
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Turkey’s prisons hold 1,412 sick inmates, rights group reports
Turkey’s prison authorities are detaining at least 1,412 sick inmates, with 335 in severe condition, according to a report released ...
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Terminally ill prisoner released after years of delay in Turkey
Özge Özbek, a seriously ill political prisoner detained in Turkey’s Sincan Women’s Closed Prison despite years of medical warnings, was ...
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Calls mount for release of seriously ill prisoner Mehmet Emin Çam in Turkey
Mehmet Emin Çam, a 73-year-old prisoner held in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey, remains in a critical condition following a heart attack ...
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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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Structural reforms essential for Turkey’s reconciliation process says prominent human rights defender
Leading human rights lawyer and activist Eren Keskin has delineated the core legal and institutional changes required for an effective ...
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Kurdish politician dies on day he was supposed to be released from prison
Kurdish politician Abdulmelîk Okyay (71) died on 12 September, the day he was supposed to be released from the Erzurum ...
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Turkey is refusing to release hundreds of seriously ill prisoners
Hundreds of seriously ill people incarcerated in Turkish prisons are being denied release, according to a report published by the ...
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