While the main opposition CHP has argued that bringing a bill on preventing violence against healthcare workers will be a moral support amid coronavirus pandemic, the ruling AKP has said, “We already have our preparation about the issue.”
70 year old Mehmet Yeter who has been in Samsun Bafra Prison for 3 years, has lost his life due to coronavirus last week.
Nesrin Nas who stated that the AKP wants to use the coronavirus as a vehicle and turn it into a success story on health, said: "The government should officially apologize from these politicians and journalists who are excluded from the regulation on the law of execution."
It was reported that 5 people lost their lives in the explosion in the countryside of Kulp district.
The General Assembly of the Parliament started debating the bill on criminal execution yesterday. While the HDP protested the bill with banners “Equal execution keeps alive” and “Corona doesn’t discriminate prisoners,” the session is adjourned to today.
ÖHD CO-Chair Acinikli said no regulation will meet expectations unless TMK is removed or the definition of 'terror' changes.
As a sign of solidarity with the political prisoners in Turkey, 46 Kurdish musicians recorded a new version of the resistance song "Zindana Diyarbekîr".
The cities with the highest rate of infections in Turkey are Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Ankara and İzmir.
Noting that the journalists and citizens who share news, data and information about the coronavirus are targeted, DFG announced that 15 journalists were detained in March and 8 journalists were arrested.
In the report prepared by MED TUHAD-FED and ÖHD as a result of the meetingd they conducted in prison, it was noted that the prisoners who were sent to Diyarbakır No.4 T Type were battered after the riot in Batman M Type and that no measures were taken against the epidemic.
Noting that healthcare workers have to protect their health while fulfilling their social responsibilities, SES Co-Chair Gönül Erden said that they are establishing epidemic committees in hospitals.
Community and Legal Research Foundation Chair Didar Erdem stated that the Bill of Criminal Enforcement, which is a violation of the principle of equality, to be discussed at the parliament today is no different than death penalty.
After the uprising in Batman’s M-Type prison, lawyers and relatives warn that riots will spread if the political prisoners are not released like the other prisoners because of the pandemic.
The HDP and ten other political parties in Turkey are calling for a protest against the planned bill on Criminal Enforcement. The new regulation, which could release tens of thousands of prisoners, explicitly excludes political prisoners.
According to official figures, 649 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey so far. The number of cases of infection has increased to 30,217.