The indictment against our reporter Dindar Karataş who being held in Erzurum Type H Closed Prison was prepared. The prosecutor seeks up to 15 years of prison sentence for Karataş who is accused of the news he wrote regarding torture and isolation.
The hunger strike launched by the prisoners in differen prisons enters 28th day. 7 prisoners from Van joins the action.
Serhat Güzel and Vedat Bayram who were held responsible from the death of two police officers without any concrete evidence have been released from prison after 5 years and 2 months imprisonment.
"The judgment demonstrates how the Erdoğan presidency weaponizes detention and prosecution to remove opponents from the political scene and threatens free democratic debate,” says HRW's Europe and Central Asia Director Williamson.
The European top court has ruled for the immediate release of the politician.
Journalist Can Dündar was sentenced in absentia to 18 years and nine months in prison for "espionage" and to a further eight years and nine months for "supporting terrorism".
Protesting the arrest of DTk Co-Chair Leyla Güven, ÖHD told that the judiciary is no longer a decision maker but a notifier.
Hunger strikes launched by the prisoners in different prisons demanding the end of the continued isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan is on its 27th day. Dersim former Mayor Edibe Şahin and HDP Gebze former District Co-chair Damla Bağcı, who are held in Kandıra No 1 F-Type Prison, joined the hunger strike.
Women who were subjected to strip search that is denied by AKP Group Deputy Chairperson Özlem Zengin, said it haunted them for months.
The lawsuit filed against the seriously ill prisoner Celal Şeker, who lost his life in Diyarbakır D Type Prison, on the allegation of "propagandazing for an illegal organization" turned out to be still open despite he has been dead for 3 years.
Arrested former Co-Chair of the HDP Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Co-Chairs Sancar and Buldan have made statements about the judgement of the ECtHR Grand Chamber, which has ruled for the immediate release of Demirtaş.
Detained and arrested in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair and dismissed HDP MP Güven has been transferred from Diyarbakır Prison to Elazığ Prison in eastern Turkey.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey is unlawfully jailing Demirtaş and called on Turkish authorities "to take all necessary measures" to secure Demirtaş's immediate release.
An investigation wass launched against HDP MP Semra Güzel on grounds that Leyla Güven was at her place last night when she was taken into custody.
Detained after being given a 22 years and 3 months prison sentence, DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven was sent to Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison.