UN anti-torture report urges end to Öcalan’s isolation, legal anti-torture reforms
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has presented the details of the latest report on Turkey by the United ...
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Destroying books and breaking minds – a weekly news review
Sarah Glynn A year and a half ago, a delegation of three women visited the Council of Europe to ...
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Solitary confinement: a weapon of mental destruction in Turkish prisons
Zeki Bayhan, a political prisoner who has been incarcerated for 27 years in Turkey, has penned a powerful and deeply ...
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Global outcry: 26 human rights organisations demand revocation of Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi’s death sentence
As protests continue against the death sentence imposed by Iran on Kurdish women's socio-political activist Pakhshan Azizi, the Centre for ...
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Lawyers worldwide urge Turkey to allow access to Öcalan over solitary confinement concerns
Over 1,500 lawyers from more than 30 countries have applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry to allow them to visit the ...
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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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Turkish anti-torture group challenges government’s claim of lacking data on sick Kurdish detainees
Turkey’s justice system is under increasing scrutiny for its treatment of elderly and sick Kurdish prisoners, with human rights groups ...
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Council of Europe delegation to Turkey discusses human rights with Kurdish MPs
A delegation from the Council of Europe, led by Media Freedom Rapporteur Stefan Shennach, discussed pressing human rights issues with ...
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Spanish groups seek European action on Öcalan’s isolation on ‘floating coffin’ of İmralı Island
Abdullah Öcalan's solitary confinement in Turkey reaches "total isolation" with İmralı Island akin to a "floating coffin", said Spanish signatories ...
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