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'Wardens Entered the Prison Ward, Battered the Inmates'

İHD REPORT ON OSMANIYE PRISON

'Wardens Entered the Prison Ward, Battered the Inmates'

Adana Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has talked to inmates of Osmaniye Type T No 2 Prison and prepared a report based on their accounts. HDP MP Kurtulan has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the violation of rights in prison.

Violation of Rights in Tarsus Prison on Parliamentary Agenda

Violation of Rights in Tarsus Prison on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the violation of rights allegedly committed in Tarsus Prison in Mersin.

Vegan Inmate Osman Evcan Ends Hunger Strike After Acceptance of His Requests

Vegan Inmate Osman Evcan Ends Hunger Strike After Acceptance of His Requests

Vegan inmate Osman Evcan has ended his hunger strike on its 44th day after his requests have been accepted by the prison administration.

8 May 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Vegan Inmate Evcan on 38th Day of His Hunger Strike

Vegan Inmate Evcan on 38th Day of His Hunger Strike

Osman Evcan’s lawyer, who visited Evcan in prison, has stated that 60-year-old Evcan has fallen to 54 kilos and his health condition is worsening. Evcan has been in isolation for two years.

2 May 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on 5th Hunger Strike

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on 5th Hunger Strike

Osman Evcan, who has gone on hunger strike for four times before and has managed to add vegan-vegetarian food article to Food Regulation for Convicted and Imprisoned, has announced that he has been on hunger strike again since March 26.

5 April 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Trans People in Prisons Not Allowed for Gender Reassignment

Trans People in Prisons Not Allowed for Gender Reassignment

Rights and LGBTI+ organizations have held a press conference in İstanbul branch building concerning ill-treatment against trans women prisoners Buse and Diren kept in Tekirdağ Type F Prison.

10 January 2018 Tansu Pişkin

AKP’s Metiner: ‘Consider Issues of Free Pad to Inmates Solved’

AKP’s Metiner: ‘Consider Issues of Free Pad to Inmates Solved’

Women in Prison Network has taken its demand that women be provided free pad to Ankara. AKP’s Metiner has said, “We promise, you can count on it. Consider this issue solved”.

2 November 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Demirtaş’s Book ‘Seher’ Banned in Prison: It Might Contain Ciphers

Demirtaş’s Book ‘Seher’ Banned in Prison: It Might Contain Ciphers

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş’s story book entitled “Seher” hasn’t been allowed into Diyarbakır Prison on the pretexts of “it is not a course material, and it might lead to a cipher and uncontrolled communication”.

16 October 2017

Imprisoned Rights Advocate Erkem Had Gastric Bleeding, Will Be Sent to the Hospital in 2 Months

Imprisoned Rights Advocate Erkem Had Gastric Bleeding, Will Be Sent to the Hospital in 2 Months

Nalan Erken, who was among the rights advocates arrested after being detained in Büyükada, had gastric bleeding in prison. She will be sent to the hospital on November 1.

23 August 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Minister Bozdağ: 2,300 People Died in Prisons in 8 Years

Minister Bozdağ: 2,300 People Died in Prisons in 8 Years

Minister of Justice Bozdağ has declared that 2,300 people lost their lives in prisons from 2009 to October 16 and that the capacities have been exceeded by 5,704 people.

10 January 2017

Listening to Radio Prohibited in Kırıkkale Prison

Listening to Radio Prohibited in Kırıkkale Prison

Arslan, whose radio which he had been using for five years in prison, was seized, has made an application to the constitutional court. The court has decided that the freedom of expression had not been violated.

13 April 2016 Ayça Söylemez

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on Hunger Strike

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on Hunger Strike

Vegan prisoner Osman Evcan as to his right to nourishment being arbitrarily restrained by prison administration is on hunger strike since November 10, demonstration before prison is on Saturday.

2 December 2015

Associations Slam Periodical Ban, Censorship in Prisons

Associations Slam Periodical Ban, Censorship in Prisons

9 media outlets released a joint statement to protest the publication ban imposed on inmates across Turkey’s prisons.

24 November 2014 Beyza Kural

Prisoner Population Quadrupled in 12 Years

Prisoner Population Quadrupled in 12 Years

According to the statements of the Ministry, the number of convicts and detainees in prisons increased four times since 2000, so the total population approximately tripled. There are around 7.000 “excess capacity” convicts and detainees; Kıraç told that there are 15.000 “excess capacity” indeed.

26 April 2012 Ayça Söylemez

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