Refugees who have migrated from Iran to Van die at the border either by freezing or starvation. Some refugees who managed to cross the border lose their hands and feet due to the cold. Our agency photographed the refugees who were able to survive and wait for the hands and toes to be amputated in the hospital.
After 4 years has passed in the investigation of killed lawyer Tahir Elçi, the statement of 3 policemen is taken. Wife Türkan Elçi, who visited the grave of Diyarbakır Bar Association President Tahir Elçi, shared on her social media account: “I went to get an opinion from Tahir about the statement of 3 suspicious police. He said, "If 4 years of snow melts on me, everything will be revealed."
The 8th hearing of the trial against journalist Abdullah Kaya, who was sued for recording a festival, which was organised with the permission Ağrı Governorate, was tried.
The Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alinak's house, was raided by the police in the morning due to decision of custody on his behalf.
Devrim Ayık, a prisoner who is 76 percent disabled, has been prisoned for 124 days in Antalya L Type Prison and his healt status gets worse each day. "This problem is a humanitarian, conscientious and moral problem," said İlhan Öngör, co-spokesperson of the İHD Prison Commission, saying that Ayık is bleeding from his mouth, nose and breech.
Urfa Provincial Women's Platform stated that the missing of Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for 39 days, is not taken seriously and added, “We will not let it go until Gülistan is found and the reality is brought into the daylight."
Institutions working on Kurdish language, culture and art made a call to terminate the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan who was handed in by the international powers to Turkey back in February 15, 1999.
In the raid to the house of Mehmet Beyhan, a member of HDP MErsin Provincial Youth Council, it was stated that his family and tenants were beaten by the police. Beyhan's brother, Cindi Beyhan, said that the police hold a gun against everyone's head, including his children, and beat them.
İbrahim Gökçek, imrpisoned Grup Yorum artist, who has been on death fast for 239 days, said in his letter he sent to his lawyers, "We are not begging for right from nobody, we say that we are going to have justice with our bare hands" and called for participation to his court hearing which will be held on February 14th.
Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison Administration and Observation Board has banned prisoners taking collective photos on the grounds that it endangers security. Evaluating the verdict approvedby the court, Şerzan Yelboğa, one of the lawyers of TUAY-DER, said that the ban is against the laws.
AKP President Tayyip Erdoğan, in his speech at Idlib on the Russian-backed regime operations, said, “If our soldiers are harmed, we will not adhere to the Sochi Agreement, We will hit the regime forces everywhere."
Ayten Sarıkaya Kesler (53), a cancer patient who has been given a decision of arrest on charges of "insulting the President". Kesler who arrived in İstanbul from Switzerland, has been held in hospital since yesterday.
After the workshop on the unity of the Kurds, it was decided to establish the Diplomacy and Public Relations Commission and a commission on the unity model to be formed. "Our first goal is to create unity within ourselves," said MP Imam Tascier.
Ilısu Dam started to flood the graves in 199 settlement areas. The applications made by the families to transport the graves remains unanswered.
Imprisoned journalist Aziz Oruç held in Patnos L-Type Prison stated that since the day he was arrested, he has not been given books and clothes. He also told that not just him, but all the other prisoners have not been given the letters written to them.