Hunger strike in prisons on its 20th day
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- 10:45 16/12/2020
The indefinite- rotating hunger strike launched by prisoners against isolation continues on its 20th day.
The indefinite- rotating hunger strike launched by prisoners against isolation continues on its 20th day.
Musa Sertkal and Fehmi Arslan, who will go on a hunger strike for the third time against the Imrali isolation, stated that the isolation is "hostility against peace" and that they will take their actions to the next level if their demands are not met.
HDP has filed a criminal complaint against the ATV for replacing the leaves and stars in its logo with hand grenades and bullets. The party has also appealed to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) about the issue.
Releasing a written statement, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has said, “Our High Honorary Board member Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp is innocent, we stand with him in his righteous struggle. We demand an end to his unjust and unlawful arrest.”
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
Commander-in-Chief of the SDF, Mazloum Abdi, condemned the attack by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK) against the PKK.
Stating that his brother's body who lost his life at the air attack in Hakkari countryside is not delivered to them for 16 months, Kenan Kaya said: "We want his body back, even it is just a hand. This is inhumane."
9 thosand 721 violations of rights reported in Van, which is on the agenda with two villagers thrown out of a military helicopter, the arrest of journalists and the ban on demonstrations and events continuing for the last 4 years. THİV represantative Sevim Çiçek said the violations of rights are at an alarming level.
While Academician Ceren Sözeri told that the media justifies the violence against women by using headlines such as 'Man kills woman out of love', journalist Gülfem Karataş said: "We will not allow the media to be the spokesperson of male domination."
Prisoner Sertaç Kılıçaslan from Kırıklar Type F Prison reminded that their hunger strike aims the freedom of Öcalan and said they will turn the rotating indefinite hunger strike to non- rotating indefinite hunger strike if their demands are not met.
A decision of continuation of arrest were made against 26 politicians including former Co-chairs of HDP, Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş.
According to the 2020 press freedom report of the RSF, more than 130 journalists around the world were arbitrarily arrested for their news about the epidemic.
Kocaköy Municipality Co-Mayor Rojda Nazlıer who was dismissed and replaced with a trustee, was sentenced to 9 years in prison.
With the bill passed by Congress with a "super majority," the US President now has to sanction Turkey in line with the CAATSA.
The discussions about Turkey, sending jihadist merceneries to the war in Libya and Karabakh was one of the most important claims about the two wars. Even though Turkey denied those claims, the photos and credentials of 88 merceneries were obtained.