content tagged with confinement

Seven windows of isolation

Seven windows of isolation

Life in isolation is based on infinite repetition. Every day is a copy of the one before. Imagine living the same day repeatedly for 10, 20, even 30 years. You begin to feel as though you’re suspended in time, your sense of time slowly eroding.

3 November 2024

DEM Party demands end to confinement of PKK leader

DEM Party demands end to confinement of PKK leader

Imprisoned for 25 years, Abdullah Öcalan's last known contact with the outside world was three and a half years ago, when he had a disrupted phone call with his brother.

Prisoners in Konya on hunger strike for 78 days in protest of confinement

Prisoners in Konya on hunger strike for 78 days in protest of confinement

Some prisoners brought to Konya from various prisons across the country were put in single-person cells.

21 December 2022

No Drinking Water Given to Journalist Ahmet Şık in Prison for 3 Days

No Drinking Water Given to Journalist Ahmet Şık in Prison for 3 Days

Subjected to solitary confinement in Metris and Silivri prisons, journalist Ahmet Şık hasn’t been given drinking water for three days in Metris Prison.

Kışanak, Akat Ata, Anlı Held in One-Person Cells

Kışanak, Akat Ata, Anlı Held in One-Person Cells

Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayors Kışanak and Anlı, and KJA Term Spokesperson Ayla Akat Ata have been transferred to Kocaeli F Type Prison from Diyarbakır and are being kept in one-person cells.

2 November 2016 Ayça Söylemez