content tagged with LGBTI prisoners

Support for transgender prisoner Buse

Support for transgender prisoner Buse

Buse's access to shared spaces is restricted under the pretext of the gender reaffirming process.

23 February 2024

Transgender Inmate on Hunger Strike for 55 Days, Her Only Demand is to Stay in a Ward

Transgender Inmate on Hunger Strike for 55 Days, Her Only Demand is to Stay in a Ward

Miray, a transgender prisoner in Alanya L-Type Prison, is on a hunger strike to stay in a ward. If Miray's request is not met, she will turn her hunger strike into a death fast.

9 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Transgender Inmate’s 'Death Fast' Brought to Parliamentary Agenda

Transgender Inmate’s 'Death Fast' Brought to Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu has addressed Parliament about trans woman inmate Diren Coşkun’s death fast in prison on its 16th day.

9 February 2018